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Census Tract 5, Alachua, FL

4,982 Population
1.5 square miles 3,293.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Gainesville: 26.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alachua County: 32.3 ±0.2

Economics

$45,228 ±$7,352 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Gainesville: $30,051 ±$1,513
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alachua County: $38,869 ±$1,312
$62,688 ±$18,479 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gainesville: $46,195 ±$2,205
  • about the same as the amount in Alachua County: $61,949 ±$1,676

25.8% ±11.5% (1,284  ±606) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gainesville: 30.8% 39,803 (±2.1% / ±2,719)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alachua County: 21.2% 56,741 (±1.2% / ±3,214)

16.5 minutes ±5.3 (43,650  ±8,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gainesville: 18.8 1,100,965 (±1.1 / ±77,104)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alachua County: 21.8 2,526,345 (±0.6 / ±91,502)

Families

2,796 ±214 Number of households
  • Gainesville: 59,816 ±1,159
  • Alachua County: 116,786 ±949
1.8 ±0.2 (4,884  ±767) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gainesville: 2.1 127,890 (±0 / ±518)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alachua County: 2.3 266,338 (±0 / ±440)

8.9% ±6.1% (117  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Gainesville: 1.9% † 957 (±0.6% / ±302)
  • more than double the rate in Alachua County: 3% † 2,423 (±0.6% / ±492)

Housing

2,980 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Gainesville: 66,114 ±995
  • Alachua County: 127,731 ±206

$298,700 ±$53,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gainesville: $247,500 ±$6,472
  • a little higher than the amount in Alachua County: $288,800 ±$7,665

27.4% ±6.8% (1,322  ±385.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gainesville: 30.8% 44,598 (±1.8% / ±2,618.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alachua County: 22.2% 62,841 (±1.1% / ±3,008)

Social

99.3% ±11.2% (3,469  ±554.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gainesville: 94.3% 72,744 (±2.7% / ±2,451.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alachua County: 94.5% 164,816 (±2% / ±3,446.9)
75.4% ±8.7% (2,634  ±425.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gainesville: 53.7% 41,424 (±2.2% / ±1,815.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alachua County: 48.8% 85,009 (±1.5% / ±2,530)

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

8.1% ±2.7% (405  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gainesville: 12.4% 18,010 (±1.1% / ±1,619)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alachua County: 11.6% 32,992

4% ±3.3% (164  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gainesville: 4.7% † 5,976 (±0.7% / ±831)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alachua County: 6.1% 14,408 (±0.5% / ±1,112)
164 Total veterans ±137 157 Male ±135 7 Female ±13

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