South Carolina · Census place 4528780
Gaston, South Carolina
Gaston is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,641 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,641
- #129 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +35 people
- Land area
- 5.3 sq mi
- Density
- 308 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Gaston population, 2020 to 2024
Gaston added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Gaston covers 5.32 square miles of land, for 308 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Gaston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gaston is in
All of Gaston's residents live in Lexington County, which had 313,774 residents in 2024. Gaston holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gaston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gaston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29053. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Gaston is
The Census internal point of Gaston is at 33.818000, -81.099700. Columbia, the capital, is 13.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pine Ridge, SC (2,326 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC, 19.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.818000, -81.099700
- DMS
- 33°49'4.80"N 81°05'58.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 490773.3E 3741980.9N
- Geohash
- dnn26s3h0
- Plus code
- 865WRW92+64
Daylight in Gaston
At 33.82° N, Gaston gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gaston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Ridge, 5.8 miles away, with 2,326 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gaston, SC?
1,641 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (2.2%) from 1,606 in July 2020.
What county is Gaston in?
Lexington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gaston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29053.
How far is Gaston from Columbia?
13.2 miles (21.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Gaston.
What is the nearest larger city to Gaston?
Pine Ridge, SC, with 2,326 residents, 5.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.