Census Reporter

Gainesville, FL

133,990 Population
63.1 square miles 2,124.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,700 ±$1,803 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $28,111 ±$1,505
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $32,887 ±$191
$39,201 ±$3,604 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $47,762 ±$2,606
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $59,227 ±$443

26.1% ±3.7% (31,689  ±4,558) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 18.5% † 57,943 (±2% / ±6,412)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.7% 2,664,772 (±0.3% / ±55,731)

18.1 minutes ±0.4 (1,107,420  ±75,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 22.8 3,209,515 (±0.8 / ±159,350)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28.4 260,781,540 (±0.1 / ±1,614,208)

Families

51,990 ±2,592 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 126,736 ±3,440
  • Florida: 7,905,832 ±23,042
2.3 ±0.1 (120,486  ±2,563) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 2.5 312,078 (±0.1 / ±3,753)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.7 21,047,762 (±0)

1.5% ±1.1% (663  ±475) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 3% † 2,665 (±0.8% / ±754)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 4.4% 205,856 (±0.2% / ±9,243)

Housing

63,079 ±2,345 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 149,591 ±1,532
  • Florida: 9,674,053 ±581

$187,200 ±$9,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: $191,700 ±$11,021
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $245,100 ±$1,183

31.4% ±3.6% (41,754  ±4,741.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 21.1% 68,556 (±1.8% / ±5,746.6)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 15% 3,186,224 (±0.3% / ±55,673.1)

Social

92.9% ±5.3% (67,159  ±4,612.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 91.8% 190,989 (±3.3% / ±7,105.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 88.4% 13,689,867 (±0.5% / ±70,596.4)
46.1% ±3.8% (33,369  ±3,041.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 38.9% 80,864 (±2.1% / ±4,503.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 30.7% 4,753,637 (±0.3% / ±39,064.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

11% ±2% (14,787  ±2,631) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 32,633 (±1% / ±3,177)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 21.1% 4,526,428 (±0.2% / ±45,671)

5.6% ±1.1% (6,386  ±1,283) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gainesville, FL Metro Area: 8.3% 22,190 (±0.8% / ±2,178)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 8.2% 1,402,264 (±0.1% / ±19,770)
6,386 Total veterans ±1,283 4,601 Male ±1,097 1,785 Female ±866

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