Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  21.1% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 11.3% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gaston, NC
Gaston compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Gaston (2009 data):
- Citizens Community Bank: Gaston Branch at 138 Roanoke Rapids Road, branch established on 2006-12-08. Info updated 2006-12-21: Bank assets: $154.4 mil, Deposits: $132.9 mil, headquarters in South Hill, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Northampton County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (4%)
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Religion statistics for Gaston
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Episcopal Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 62.3% | 33.5% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% |
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| Congregations | 41.5% | 43.9% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 7.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $1,705 | $20,460 | 1 | $1,262 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,240 | $31,440 | 2 | $1,971 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $5,253 | $21,012 | 1 | $966 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $12,198 | $24,396 | 4 | $4,199 |
Gaston government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $8,000
All Other: $4,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $145,000
Police Protection: $88,000
Regular Highways: $49,000
Solid Waste Management: $41,000
Parks & Recreation: $18,000
Fire Protection: $11,000
Health Services - Other: $7,000
General - Other: $3,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $16,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $70,000
All Other: $1,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $259,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $249,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $3,000
Rents: $2,000
General Revenue, NEC: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $6,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $153,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $44,000
All Other: $39,000
General Support: $30,000
- Tax - Property: $154,000
NEC: $14,000
Motor Vehicle License: $4,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $152,000
6.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,209 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.39% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,079 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.72% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Gaston:
- WCBT (1230 AM; 1 kW; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD, INC.)
- WSMY (1400 AM; 1 kW; WELDON, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDZY (1290 AM; 25 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WYAL (1280 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SCOTLAND NECK, NC)
- WEVA (860 AM; daytime; 1 kW; EMPORIA, VA; Owner: COLONIAL MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WARR (1520 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WARRENTON, NC; Owner: QUAD DIVISIONS, INC. DBA DARENSBURG BROADCASTING)
- WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Gaston:
- WYTT (97.9 FM; GASTON, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD, INC.)
- WRTP-FM (90.1 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WZRU (88.5 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: ROANOKE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPGT (91.1 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WPTM (102.3 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYFL (92.5 FM; HENDERSON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WKJS (104.7 FM; CREWE, VA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WJYA (89.3 FM; EMPORIA, VA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WAFX (106.9 FM; SUFFOLK, VA; Owner: TIDEWATER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WSMY-FM (103.1 FM; ALBERTA, VA; Owner: MAINQUAD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKTC (95.5 FM; PINETOPS, NC; Owner: WEQQ, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Gaston:
- WNVN-LP (Channel 20; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WWAY (Channel 3; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
Gaston fatal accident list:
Feb 28, 2003 02:00 AM, Huey St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Aug 22, 1992 08:01 AM, Nc46, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 20, 1984 10:40 AM, 46, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Feb 16, 1980 02:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Mar 31, 1979 03:05 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Dec 3, 1977 12:58 AM, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Gaston)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7- Police Dept, Call Sign: KWV693, Licensee ID: L00115450
Assigned Frequencies : 155.880 MHz
Grant Date: 08/28/2004, Expiration Date: 09/14/2014
Registrant: Gaston, Town Of, Drawer M, Gaston, NC 27832, Phone: (919) 537-1046 - Police Dept, Call Sign: WAH274, Licensee ID: L00115450
Assigned Frequencies : 154.815 MHz
Grant Date: 08/28/2004, Expiration Date: 08/31/2014
Registrant: Gaston, Town Of, Po Drawer M, Gaston, NC 27832, Phone: (919) 537-1046 - 780 E State Hwy 627 In Nc At Va & Nc State Line, Call Sign: WXP339, Licensee ID: L00129896
Assigned Frequencies : 155.280 MHz, 155.340 MHz
Grant Date: 09/15/1997, Expiration Date: 09/15/2002, Cancelation Date: 06/18/2003
Registrant: Emporia Hospital Corporation, 155 Franklin Rd Ste 400, Brentwood, TN 37027, Phone: (804) 348-2402 - 3/10 Mi Int Of Nc Sr 1200 & Nc Sr 1202, Type: Tower, Structure height: 97.5 m, Overall height: 103.6 m, Call Sign: WPVL483
Assigned Frequencies : 461.800 MHz
Grant Date: 07/09/2002, Expiration Date: 07/09/2012, Certifier: Alireza Sohooli
Registrant: Professional Licensing Consultants, Inc., Rockville, MD 20849, Phone: (301) 309-2380, Fax: (301) 309-1996 - Sr 1211/1212 Northampton Cty, Type: Tower, Structure height: 146.3 m, Overall height: 151.4 m, Call Sign: WPXZ283, Licensee ID: L00129896
Assigned Frequencies : 155.340 MHz, 155.280 MHz
Grant Date: 07/03/2003, Expiration Date: 01/03/2004, Cancelation Date: 03/07/2004, Certifier: Meade P Horne
Registrant: Emporia Hospital Corporation, 214 Weaver Ave, Emporia, VA 23847, Phone: (434) 349-8240, Fax: (434) 348-2403, Email:
- 215 Pleasant Hill, Type: Tank, Structure height: 6 m, Overall height: 8 m, Call Sign: WQEW734
Assigned Frequencies : 158.130 MHz
Grant Date: 05/04/2006, Expiration Date: 05/04/2016, Certifier: Dan Brown
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
- 205 Gaston Drive, Type: Bant, Structure height: 5 m, Overall height: 7 m, Call Sign: WQEW736
Assigned Frequencies : 158.130 MHz
Grant Date: 05/04/2006, Expiration Date: 05/04/2016, Certifier: Dan Brown
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- SOUTH GASTON NC, W Of Int Beaty Rd. & Cooks Lake Rd. (Gaston County South-Charlotte, Nc Msa), Type: Tower, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 47.8 m, Call Sign: WQIS888
Assigned Frequencies : 10875.0 MHz
Grant Date: 05/06/2008, Expiration Date: 05/06/2018, Certifier: William Chastain
Registrant: Radio Dynamics Corporation, Silver Spring, MD 20914, Phone: (301) 493-5171, Fax: (301) 576-4553, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6- Call Sign: KB4DJT, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00221060
Grant Date: 03/23/2000, Expiration Date: 04/17/2010
Registrant: Donald F White, 541 Old Gaston Road, Gaston, NC 27832 - Call Sign: KC4NAW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00189185
Grant Date: 12/30/1999, Expiration Date: 12/30/2009
Registrant: Beatrice G White, 541 Old Gaston Road, Gaston, NC 27832 - Call Sign: KF4EBG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00419657
Grant Date: 08/25/2005, Expiration Date: 10/19/2015
Registrant: Robert C Norwood Jr, 314 Newsome Ln., Gaston, NC 27832 - Call Sign: WD4PDI, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00811267
Grant Date: 07/07/2004, Expiration Date: 07/15/2014, Certifier: Lyle O Weaver
Registrant: Lyle O Weaver, 2429 Essen Ln, Gaston, NC 28054 - Call Sign: KG4ZPK, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00669086
Grant Date: 04/10/2003, Expiration Date: 04/10/2013, Certifier: Joshua C Melton
Registrant: Joshua C Melton, 955 Nc Hwy 46, Gaston, NC 27832 - Call Sign: KJ4EUS, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01409099
Grant Date: 06/17/2008, Expiration Date: 06/17/2018, Certifier: Beatrice M White
Registrant: Beatrice M White, 541 Old Gaston Rd, Gaston, NC 27832
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 20
- Hazardous Condition: 8
- Good Intent Call: 1
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Gaston, NC
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