Gaston dates from 1911, and its 672 residents live in a city with more than a century of history. Web design in Gaston works best when it shows who is behind the business and how long it has been around. The plan is simple: $89 a month for the website, domain, business email and hosting, no setup fee, and the first payment only after you approve what we built.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Sizing up the Gaston market
Census estimates put Gaston at 679 in 2020 and 672 in 2025, a stable city. Statewide, the change was +0.9%. When the population is steady, businesses grow by taking customers from competitors, and the website is often where that choice happens.
Website design for the people of Gaston
With broadband in 100.0% of homes, Gaston is a connected market. Gaston customers check a business online before they call or drive over.
Washington County had 611,708 residents in 2025 and 16 incorporated municipalities. Census estimates for a city this size carry a wide margin of error, so the county is the better guide: the median household income is $107,772 and the median age is 38.1. Broadband reaches 95.4% of homes, and 7.8% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 60.8% of households.
A year of weather in Gaston
The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Forest Grove, is 6.5 miles from Gaston. It records an average high of 82°F in August and an average low of 33°F in January. Precipitation totals about 47 inches a year, with December the wettest month. The high reaches 90°F or more on about 23 days a year. Mild weather keeps outdoor work going most of the year: patios, yards and outdoor events have a long season. Update the homepage before your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.
Your service area around Gaston
Within a short drive of Gaston you find Forest Grove (6.4 miles north), Yamhill (6.8 miles south), Cornelius (7.4 miles northeast), Carlton (9.8 miles south), Hillsboro (12 miles northeast) and Banks (13 miles north). With 1,971 residents per square mile on 0.3 square miles of land, Gaston is moderately dense by Oregon standards. Portland International Airport (PDX) is 29 miles east of Gaston in a straight line. The nearest large city is Hillsboro, 12 miles to the northeast. Hillsboro, seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles to the northeast. Customers in Cornelius and Forest Grove will ask the same thing: do you work here? A service area page answers before they have to.
What kind of businesses Gaston has
Gaston shares ZIP code 97119 with the surrounding area, where 86 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Some of the businesses behind that number:
- Custom home builders: 7. Their website should show floor plans and photos of homes you have built, the lots or areas you build in and a way to start a conversation.
Washington County as a whole had 16,355 employer establishments in 2023 and another 45,031 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. By number of employer establishments, health care and social assistance leads in Washington County (14.2%), followed by professional, scientific and technical services (12.4%) and construction (11.2%). For any of them, a clear website is the difference between being compared and being skipped.
From sign-up to a live website
Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. There is no Aria office in Gaston, and you don’t need one: sign-up, material and approval all happen online.
- Register your business online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
- We build it with your brand on a proven professional template and send a temporary link within 5 business days.
- Only after you approve do you pay the first monthly fee; then the site is published on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Paperwork and rules for Oregon businesses online
These are some of the Oregon and federal rules a small business with a website runs into:
- Oregon has no general sales or use/transaction tax, so there is nothing to collect on ordinary online sales. The only close relatives are the vehicle use tax and vehicle privilege tax on new vehicles. Oregon Department of Revenue
- A contact form collects personal information, and Oregon has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act (OCIPA), ORS 646A.600 to 646A.628
This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Oregon agencies, Washington County, the city of Gaston or an attorney.
Gaston web design FAQ
Can I tell customers in Forest Grove that I serve their town?
Yes. The website can carry a service area section naming Yamhill, Forest Grove, Hillsboro and any other town you cover; you send the list by email.
Can the website say I serve the whole of Washington County?
Yes. The plan is the same anywhere in Oregon, and the website can name every town in Washington County you cover.
Gaston is small. Do I really need a website?
Your customers come from all of Washington County, not only Gaston: the county has 16,355 businesses with employees and 45,031 without (2023). The website is what they find when they search.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
A small business website for Gaston, for $89 a month
Sign-up in about 5 minutes, website within 5 business days on a temporary link, and the $89 monthly fee only after you approve it.
- Population figures for Gaston: Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Households, income, commuting and housing: American Community Survey 2020-2024, 5-year, county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain. Businesses: ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023 and Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Distances: 2025 Gazetteer, straight line.
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00352997).
- Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q3458912), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
- County seats: USGS National Atlas. State rules: the official Oregon sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026.