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Gainesville, GA

44,051 Population
33.7 square miles 1,307.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,476 ±$2,966 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $37,271 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$64,636 ±$4,063 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $77,430 ±$2,838
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

19.6% ±3% (8,313  ±1,286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 12.7% 26,231 (±1% / ±1,963)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

23.9 minutes ±1.9 (429,265  ±40,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 27.7 2,441,515 (±0.7 / ±79,008)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

15,474 ±611 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 71,263 ±673
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.7 ±0.1 (42,358  ±187) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 2.9 206,163 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

5.5% ±2.1% (616  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 6% † 2,869 (±1% / ±476)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

17,567 ±626 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 79,233 ±57
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$337,000 ±$25,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $313,600 ±$8,352
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

18.9% ±2.8% (8,214  ±1,214.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 12.7% 26,237 (±1.1% / ±2,304.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

76.5% ±4% (21,213  ±1,276.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 81.3% 113,019 (±1.8% / ±2,537.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
26.2% ±2.4% (7,253  ±694.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 26.7% 37,144 (±1% / ±1,373.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.4% ±2.3% (8,991  ±1,018) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 16.6% 34,601
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

4.9% ±1.1% (1,594  ±359) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 6.2% 9,849 (±0.5% / ±727)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
1,594 Total veterans ±359 1,328 Male ±311 266 Female ±189

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