Gastonia is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 82,653 people and 39 associated neighborhoods, Gastonia is the 13th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Gastonia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.38% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The overall education level of Gastonia is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gastonia in 2022 was $31,832, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,328 for a family of four. However, Gastonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gastonia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gastonia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gastonia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gastonia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gastonia include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and African.

The most common language spoken in Gastonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.