housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Gaston County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,153 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,085 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,005 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $917 | ± $18 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $266,000 | ± $5,555 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $235,000 | ± $4,463 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $206,700 | ± $4,984 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $170,500 | ± $2,903 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.3 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.4 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.9 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.6 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Gaston County is $1,153, above the North Carolina median of $886 across 100 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.