Gastonia vs Belmont
Gastonia and Belmont on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
FHousingC−
Belmont +19 pts
D+SchoolsD
Gastonia +5 pts
B−Cost of livingB
Belmont +2 pts
D+CommuteC
Belmont +10 pts
C−AmenitiesF
Gastonia +19 pts
DEmploymentC
Belmont +18 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$278kMedian home value$395k
$1,204Median rent$1,365
26.8 minMean commute26.5 min
$64kMedian household income$95k
0.88%Effective property tax0.78%
38th pctWithin-state proficiency38th pct
21Restaurants & cafés8
82,884Population15,546
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.