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Gaston, South Carolina Economy Profile

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 Gaston, South Carolina United States
StateSouth Carolina
CityGaston
Total population1,304 281,421,906
Male642138,053,563
Female662143,368,343
Median age (years)34.635.3
Total households484105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)31,41141,994

Gaston, South Carolina Economy

64.81% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Gaston, South Carolina. Among them 29.73% are females aged 16 and over. 76.49% of Gaston, South Carolina workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 0.34% use public transportation (including taxicab). One point five three percent of Gaston, South Carolina residents work at home.

The total population of Gaston, South Carolina is one thousand, three hundred and four people. The median household income in Gaston, South Carolina is thirty-one thousand, four hundred and eleven dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 19.24% of all occupations. 27.53% of Gaston, South Carolina population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.04% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 15.42% of occupations.

23.16% of families in Gaston, South Carolina have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. Gaston, South Carolina median household income is thirty-one thousand, four hundred and eleven dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid twenty-one thousand, six hundred and eighty dollars.

 Gaston, South Carolina %, Gaston, South Carolina United States
Population 16 years and over972  217,168,077
In labor force630 64.81%63.92%
- Civilian labor force626 64.4%63.39%
- - Employed603 62.04%59.73%
- - Unemployed23 2.37%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force3.7  5.8
- Armed Forces4 0.41%0.53%
Not in labor force342 35.19%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over494 50.82%51.66%
In labor force289 29.73%29.72%
- Civilian labor force289 29.73%29.65%
- - Employed267 27.47%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years139 14.3%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force82  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over587  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone449 76.49%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled107 18.23%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)2 0.34%4.73%
Walked11 1.87%2.93%
Other means9 1.53%1.19%
Worked at home9 1.53%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)29.5 5.03%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over603  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations116 19.24%33.65%
Service occupations71 11.77%14.86%
Sales and office occupations157 26.04%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations0  0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations166 27.53%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations93 15.42%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining3 0.5%1.87%
Construction137 22.72%6.78%
Manufacturing71 11.77%14.1%
Wholesale trade19 3.15%3.6%
Retail trade79 13.1%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities37 6.14%5.2%
Information10 1.66%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing29 4.81%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services36 5.97%9.3%
Educational, health and social services85 14.1%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services28 4.64%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)38 6.3%4.87%
Public administration31 5.14%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers466 77.28%78.47%
Government workers83 13.76%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business54 8.96%6.63%
Unpaid family workers0  0.31%
 Gaston, South Carolina %, Gaston, South Carolina United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households489  105,539,122
Less than $10,00055 11.25%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99938 7.77%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,99999 20.25%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99976 15.54%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999104 21.27%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,99986 17.59%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99923 4.7%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9994 0.82%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9990  2.2%
$200,000 or more4 0.82%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)31,411  41,994
With earnings396 40.74%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)38,854  56,604
With Social Security income111 11.42%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,483  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income19 1.95%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)8,574  6,320
With public assistance income18 1.85%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,633  3,032
With retirement income60 6.17%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)10,457  17,376
 
Families380  72,261,780
Less than $10,00042 11.05%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,99930 7.89%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,99970 18.42%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,99953 13.95%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,99988 23.16%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,99967 17.63%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,99922 5.79%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,9994 1.05%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,9990  2.75%
$200,000 or more4 1.05%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)32,917  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)13,546  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers27,857  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers21,680  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families65  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years43 66.15%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years24 36.92%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present24  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years24 100.0%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years17 70.83%42.27%
 
Individuals235  33,899,812
18 years and over138 58.72%65.35%
- 65 years and over12 5.11%9.7%
Related children under 18 years92 39.15%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years61 25.96%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over36 15.32%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.