Gaston is a tiny city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 676 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gaston is the 199th largest community in Oregon. Gaston home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, but Gaston real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gaston is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gaston is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaston who work in management occupations (26.89%), office and administrative support (9.51%), and architecture and engineering (9.51%). Also of interest is that Gaston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Gaston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Gaston rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.90% of adults 25 and older in Gaston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Gaston in 2022 was $43,716, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,864 for a family of four. However, Gaston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gaston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gaston residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gaston include German, Norwegian, European, English, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Gaston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
