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Gainesville, GA

45,032 Population
33.8 square miles 1,331.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,505 ±$2,769 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $38,556 ±$1,137
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,974 ±$3,309 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $80,901 ±$2,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±2.9% (8,808  ±1,287) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 11.8% 24,796 (±1% / ±2,059)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±2.3 (441,820  ±49,399) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 27.3 2,456,495 (±0.7 / ±76,643)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,088 ±572 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 73,551 ±786
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (43,615  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 2.9 210,226 (±0 / ±67)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±1.8% (641  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,867 (±1% / ±466)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,001 ±616 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 80,926 ±122
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$382,200 ±$24,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: $350,400 ±$5,568
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.9% ±2.3% (7,513  ±1,026) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 11.7% 24,675 (±1% / ±2,169)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.1% ±4% (21,300  ±1,259.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 81% 115,473 (±1.8% / ±2,541.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.1% ±2.3% (7,680  ±684.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 27.3% 38,883 (±1% / ±1,381.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

21.8% ±2.1% (9,801  ±927) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 16.9% 35,918
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1% (1,621  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, GA Metro Area: 5.8% 9,378 (±0.4% / ±559)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,621 Total veterans ±329 1,419 Male ±295 202 Female ±179

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