Gaston is a tiny city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 563 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Gaston is the 176th largest community in Oregon. Much of the housing stock in Gaston was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Gaston is a blue-collar town, with 37.7% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Gaston is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gaston who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.68%), food service (9.42%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (8.33%).

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.

Gaston Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Gaston ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.84% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gaston in 2000 was $17,758, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,032 for a family of four.

Gaston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gaston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gaston is White, followed by Native American. Gaston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.87% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Gaston include German, Irish, English, Swedish, French, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Gaston is English. Some people also speak Spanish.