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Gainesville, FL

140,406 Population
63.4 square miles 2,215.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$25,655 ±$1,887 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $33,382 ±$2,055
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $36,196 ±$290
$40,822 ±$3,578 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $53,728 ±$4,750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $63,062 ±$425

26.9% ±3.5% (34,398  ±4,542) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 19% † 62,782 (±2% / ±6,616)
  • about double the rate in Florida: 13.1% 2,805,433 (±0.2% / ±50,403)

19.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,152,895  ±52,330) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 23.2 3,238,020 (±0.5 / ±90,863)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,599,390 (±0.1 / ±923,372)

Families

56,513 ±2,979 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 134,946 ±2,886
  • Florida: 8,565,329 ±25,039
2.3 ±0.1 (128,188  ±1,766) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 329,623 (±0.1 / ±3,601)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,368,668 (±0)

2.7% ±1.6% (1,224  ±737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 4.2% † 3,909 (±1.6% / ±1,520)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.5% 211,115 (±0.2% / ±9,316)

Housing

66,685 ±3,011 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 155,873 ±1,548
  • Florida: 10,054,509 ±692

$195,300 ±$13,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $219,500 ±$13,162
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $290,700 ±$1,438

29.4% ±4% (40,971  ±5,506.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 19.4% † 66,303 (±2% / ±6,738)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 14% 3,019,117 (±0.2% / ±50,808.7)

Social

94% ±5.2% (74,330  ±5,043.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 92.5% 204,345 (±3.5% / ±7,886.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89.8% 14,153,579 (±0.5% / ±71,334.5)
47.8% ±4.1% (37,797  ±3,531.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 40.1% 88,493 (±2.3% / ±5,150.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,226,846 (±0.3% / ±40,997.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.3% ±2.1% (14,518  ±2,901) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 9.5% † 32,669 (±1.1% / ±3,822)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 21.2% 4,608,653 (±0.2% / ±44,472)

4.6% ±1.3% (5,478  ±1,562) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 7.7% † 21,567 (±1% / ±2,669)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7.8% 1,356,882 (±0.1% / ±17,188)
5,478 Total veterans ±1,562 4,661 Male ±1,207 817 Female ±626

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