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Bessemer City is a big small town of 5,580 people in Gaston County, North Carolina. It's about 26 miles from Charlotte, NC. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 52°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $206k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,580people
$206kTypical home
$1,053/moRent
90° / 52°Summer / winter
3"Snow
244Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,580
- Part of a metro area
- About 981 people per sq mi
- 26 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 26 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $206k (≈$1,300/mo)
- Median rent $1,053/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 52°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (434 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,590 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 37% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to CLT airport
- 20 mi to CLT (major hub)
- 44 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 912 ft
- 174 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 28 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 702 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 163 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 10 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 39% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Gaston County: R+25 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk