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Alachua, FL

10,638 Population
36.2 square miles 293.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,753 ±$4,548 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $36,810 ±$1,218
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$78,526 ±$13,807 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $58,946 ±$1,181
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

11.5% ±4.4% (1,213  ±468) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 18.9% 61,500 (±0.9% / ±2,909)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

26 minutes ±1.1 (105,430  ±13,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 23 3,205,965 (±0.4 / ±84,455)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

4,341 ±352 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 137,665 ±1,183
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.5 ±0.2 (10,621  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 324,281 (±0 / ±430)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

5.7% ±3.9% (161  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 3.2% † 3,024 (±0.5% / ±478)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

4,767 ±390 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 154,596 ±272
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$285,700 ±$26,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $245,800 ±$5,291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

6.8% ±2.6% (715  ±274.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 20.2% 68,970 (±0.9% / ±3,126.9)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

95.9% ±7.5% (7,121  ±735.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 92.7% 201,895 (±1.6% / ±3,542)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
43.4% ±6% (3,225  ±496) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 40.9% 89,140 (±1.1% / ±2,390.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

5.2% ±2.1% (552  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 10.2% 35,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

9.7% ±3.4% (800  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 7.2% 20,310 (±0.4% / ±1,044)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
800 Total veterans ±280 677 Male ±264 123 Female ±99

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