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Florida·Alachua County
41 tracts·140K people·$248K median·2,191/mi²
White 54 · Black 20 · Hispanic 14 · Asian 6 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1
Living alone 38 · Other 38 · Married couple 24
Health 49 · Professional 15 · Retail 11 · Leisure 10 · Public admin 8 · Manufacturing 5 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 50 · Sales · office 24 · Service 16 · Production · transport 6 · Construction · maintenance 4
Drive alone 61 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 15 · Walk 6 · Transit 5 · Bike 4
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Gainesville is $247,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Gainesville has 145,702 residents across 29 census tracts and 33 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 26.5; the population is 54.2% White, 20.4% Black, 13.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% Asian, 4.5% Multiracial and 0.9% Other; the average household has 2.1 people; 53.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 30.8% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER (71%), WILLIAM S. TALBOT ELEM SCHOOL (66%) and CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL (64%) lead the elementary schools; ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL (61%), HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL (48%) and WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (42%) lead the middle schools; PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY MAGNET AT LOFTEN HIGH SCHOOL (57%), GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL (43%) and ALACHUA ESCHOOL (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE) (41%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,296/month, 18% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Gainesville is $46,195 a year, 46% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Gainesville, median rent is $1,296/month and the median home value is $247,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Gainesville reported 7.4 violent crimes and 28.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 45°F; there are 98 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 52 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Gainesville are lightning (93), tornado (65) and strong wind (60), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Gainesville, 5.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).