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Health in Gastonia, North Carolina

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HealthGastonia, NCUnited States
Air Quality (100=best)73.682.8
Water Quality (100=best)6055
Superfund Sites (100=best)4571
Physicians per 100k179.5261.3



There are 180 physicians per 100,000 population in Gastonia, NC. The US average is 261.

Gastonia, NC Health Index

Air quality in Gastonia, NC is 74 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is based on ozone alert days and number of pollutants in the air, as reported by the EPA.

Water quality in Gastonia, NC is 60 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 45 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts.


Gastonia Health SperlingViews

re: South Gastonia - 5/28/2007: Hey , My wife and I have been in NC for about 13 years, 5 kids through school, compared to where we came from the schools are much more conservative. Gastonia is where... (read more)General thoughts: My husband and I have been living in Gastonia for almost 4 years. We moved here because of my husbands job in Charlotte. We decided on Gastonia because of a house that... (read more)re: South Gastonia - 5/28/2007: I really don't like Gastonia at all. It's very trashed with very illiterate people, and I don't really think you would want to raise your son in a place like this. I... (read more)Have an opinion about Gastonia? Leave a commentTo See All SperlingViews for Gastonia Click Here