Who's moving to and from Gaston County, North Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 13,447 people in, 11,461 out. Most were moving between North Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,986 people
+1,238 households
Arrivals' income
$62.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Gaston County's newcomers came from in North Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other North Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like York County, SC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mecklenburg County4,710
  2. Cleveland County958
  3. Lincoln County703
  4. York County, SC577
  5. Cabarrus County319
  6. Union County206
  7. Catawba County205
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,023

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in North Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Mecklenburg County2,434
  2. Cleveland County1,447
  3. Lincoln County1,093
  4. York County, SC669
  5. Catawba County250
  6. Cabarrus County229
  7. Iredell County178
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,355

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
58 people
Left for abroad
38 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Gaston usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,23822–23††‡†
Net migration of Gaston County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+570
2014–15 †+515
2015–16+1,398
2016–17 †+1,866
2017–18+1,074
2018–19 ‡+782
2019–20+1,293
2020–21+1,609
2021–22+1,519
2022–23 †+1,238

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Gaston County, North Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/gaston-county-nc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.