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Gainesville, FL

145,800 Population
64 square miles 2,278.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 35 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$34,598 ±$5,812 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $38,148 ±$2,639
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$47,099 ±$5,515 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $59,290 ±$3,733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

26.6% ±3.8% (34,347  ±4,915) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 18.8% † 62,193 (±2.2% / ±7,256)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

18.5 minutes ±0.5 (1,095,900  ±47,491) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 23 3,205,965 (±0.4 / ±84,455)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

65,576 ±2,486 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 146,910 ±2,450
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
1.9 ±0.1 (127,392  ±1,297) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 2.2 329,393 (±0 / ±2,857)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724

2.2% ±2.1% (1,171  ±1,104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 3.9% † 3,723 (±2.1% / ±2,004)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

70,646 ±2,643 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 159,229 ±1,087
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$275,500 ±$30,000 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $279,300 ±$16,625
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

31.9% ±3.9% (46,189  ±5,670.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 18.9% † 65,492 (±2% / ±7,059.8)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

96.4% ±5.4% (76,119  ±5,645.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 93.6% 206,972 (±3.5% / ±8,198.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
58.3% ±4.5% (46,050  ±4,218.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 43.3% 95,856 (±2.4% / ±5,335.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

14.8% ±2.6% (21,625  ±3,809) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 10.8% † 37,665 (±1.2% / ±4,106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874

6.3% ±1.3% (8,119  ±1,640) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 7.5% † 21,440 (±0.9% / ±2,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
8,119 Total veterans ±1,640 7,542 Male ±1,570 577 Female ±411

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