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Gastonia, North Carolina

A city-market profile built from 3 primary-city ZIP areas representing an estimated 114,179 residents.

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Follow Your Heart Index | National #899 of 129156.6Official whole-life balance across all five components
Partner Availability | National #47774.7100.0% coverage
Settlement Feasibility | National #91147.3100.0% coverage
Economic Capacity | National #102460.1100.0% coverage
Relationship Environment | National #112532.1100.0% coverage
Opportunity Strength | National #83261.4100.0% coverage

Population by life stage

Under 1827,603 | 24.2%
18 to 248,914 | 7.8%
25 to 3416,632 | 14.6%
35 to 5429,092 | 25.5%
55 to 6413,986 | 12.2%
65 and older17,952 | 15.7%

Marital landscape

Married41,522 | 44.8%
Never married31,893 | 34.4%
Divorced11,739 | 12.7%
Separated1,858 | 2.0%
Widowed5,638 | 6.1%

Community

Who calls this city market home?

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Mexican origin and birth in Mexico answer different questions. Neither changes the Follow Your Heart Index.

Hispanic and Latino origins

Not Hispanic or Latino · 99,186 estimated people

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Hispanic and Latino origins — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Not Hispanic or Latino99,18686.87%
Mexican5,2744.62%
Puerto Rican1,8941.66%
Guatemalan1,4341.26%
Colombian1,3411.17%
Honduran1,0870.95%
Salvadoran8270.72%
Nicaraguan5790.51%
Dominican5160.45%
Spanish2270.20%
Chilean1560.14%
Cuban1420.12%
Argentinean1050.09%
Ecuadorian1030.09%
Venezuelan470.04%
Spaniard460.04%
Uruguayan390.03%
Panamanian230.02%
Peruvian70.01%

Indigenous identities

Latin American Indian (AIAN alone) · 365 estimated people

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AIAN-alone survey responses; not tribal enrollment. A missing estimate is not a zero. Rankings require at least 99.99% population coverage.

Ancestry responses

American · 15,251 estimated people

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Ancestry responses — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
American15,25113.36%
English11,56810.13%
German9,8988.67%
Irish7,4796.55%
Scotch-Irish2,7782.43%
Scottish2,2741.99%
Italian1,9501.71%
African1,1511.01%
French (except Basque)1,1501.01%
European1,0350.91%
Polish8270.72%
Dutch7940.70%
Haitian5940.52%
British4920.43%
Norwegian3260.29%
Scandinavian3090.27%
Swiss2920.26%
Jamaican2830.25%
Swedish2300.20%
Welsh2130.19%
Northern European2060.18%
Slovak1940.17%
West Indian1880.16%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian1840.16%
Russian1680.15%
Hungarian1420.12%
Greek1230.11%
Czech1160.10%
Barbadian1100.10%
French Canadian960.08%
Nigerian940.08%
Romanian850.07%
Danish830.07%
Turkish830.07%
Finnish670.06%
Armenian650.06%
Egyptian550.05%
Ghanaian490.04%
Canadian450.04%
Austrian440.04%
Lebanese440.04%
Brazilian430.04%
Eastern European420.04%
Other West Indian400.04%
Other Subsaharan African290.03%
Portuguese290.03%
Croatian260.02%
Guyanese260.02%
Afghan240.02%
Lithuanian240.02%
Arab210.02%
Belgian200.02%
Israeli190.02%
Icelander180.02%
Syrian180.02%
Slavic170.01%
South African160.01%
Bahamian150.01%
Palestinian140.01%
Ukrainian140.01%
Czechoslovakian120.01%
Moroccan110.01%
Other Arab110.01%
Slovene110.01%
Cape Verdean100.01%
Dutch West Indian90.01%
Bermudan30.00%
Maltese30.00%

Detailed Asian identities

Vietnamese · 489 estimated people

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Detailed Asian identities — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Vietnamese4890.43%
Hmong3010.26%
Asian Indian2650.23%
Laotian2040.18%
Chinese1640.14%
Korean1420.12%
Filipino1410.12%
Kazakh1220.11%
Japanese790.07%
Pakistani630.06%
Two or more Asian340.03%
Sri Lankan130.01%

Where residents were born

Haiti · 463 estimated people

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Where residents were born — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Haiti4630.41%
Laos1890.17%
Northern America1570.14%
Canada1540.13%
Trinidad and Tobago1360.12%
Brazil1140.10%
England870.08%
United Kingdom (inc. Crown Dependencies)870.08%
Egypt860.08%
West Indies710.06%
Kazakhstan540.05%
South Africa540.05%
Ghana490.04%
Barbados430.04%
Thailand310.03%
Morocco210.02%
Israel190.02%
Hungary180.02%
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)170.01%
Uruguay170.01%
Afghanistan160.01%
Bahamas160.01%
Algeria140.01%
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)130.01%
Saudi Arabia130.01%
Belgium90.01%
Hong Kong40.00%

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Economic, housing and mobility context

Median household income$71,973
Employment rate60.0%
Typical home value$277,899
Typical rent$1,581
Mortgage access63.9
Migration opportunity97.7
Commute under 30 minutes58.4%
Poverty rate16.0%

ZIP areas in this city market

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ZIPHeart IndexPartnerSettlementEconomicRelationshipOpportunity
2805252.182.236.750.930.251.2
2805457.583.743.958.431.061.0
2805660.357.761.871.335.472.1

Follow Your Heart ZIP rankings within this city market

City ZIP rankZIPState ZIP rankNational ZIP rankHeart Index
#128056#76#4,32160.3
#228054#128#7,05557.5
#328052#260#13,06352.1