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Alachua, FL

10,743 Population
36.2 square miles 296.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,906 ±$5,292 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $37,916 ±$1,158
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$83,464 ±$10,700 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $61,468 ±$1,450
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

9.5% ±3.6% (1,017  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 20.1% 66,650 (±1.1% / ±3,607)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

24.3 minutes ±4.7 (98,405  ±13,045) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 23.3 3,237,510 (±0.6 / ±101,308)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

4,551 ±319 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 142,499 ±1,012
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2.4 ±0.2 (10,721  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 2.3 329,461 (±0 / ±439)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

5.8% ±3.3% (159  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 3.3% † 3,145 (±0.6% / ±538)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

4,887 ±369 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 157,066 ±273
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$299,200 ±$23,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $266,200 ±$6,549
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

7.6% ±2.9% (802  ±305.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 19.8% 68,624 (±0.9% / ±3,165.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

95.6% ±8.3% (7,307  ±755.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 93.1% 206,172 (±1.7% / ±3,756.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
41.3% ±6.2% (3,152  ±505.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 41.8% 92,637 (±1.2% / ±2,618.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

6.4% ±2.8% (684  ±299) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 10.1% 35,490
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

9.1% ±2.8% (756  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 6.9% 19,601 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
756 Total veterans ±232 681 Male ±222 75 Female ±75

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