Cost of living in Gaston County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,785 a month.
That HUD number covers Gaston County, North Carolina, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,574
- 1 bed
- $1,640
- 2 bed
- $1,785
- 3 bed
- $2,179
- 4 bed
- $2,773
This county is in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 97.3 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Gastonia · 82,884 people
- Mount Holly · 18,208 people
- Belmont · 15,546 people
- Cherryville · 6,226 people
- Dallas · 6,104 people
- Bessemer City · 5,580 people
- Cramerton · 5,450 people
- Ranlo · 4,617 people
- Stanley · 4,069 people
- Lowell · 3,768 people