Alachua County, Florida

Alachua County has a population of 285,492 and has grown 4.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $288,800, about 4.7 times the county's median household income of $61,949.

Home price
$288,800
Income
$61,949
Population
285,492
Unemployment
4.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$288,800county
Median gross rent$1,339county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198034.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented45.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,675county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,493county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,246county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,868county
Home insurance / yr$7,136(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$61,949county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate21.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.1%county
Unemployment rate4.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government27.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry38.8%county
Economic output per resident$73,343county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.96%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service7.4 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport290563county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station45 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.4%county
Traffic deaths40.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher48.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.5%county
Public schools in the county57county
Public school enrollment29360county
Students per full-time teacher18.5county
Free lunch eligible48.1%county
Elementary schools31county
Middle schools9county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians155county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population285,492county
Land area in square miles876county
People per square mile of land326.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores43county
Convenience stores31county
Share living far from a food store28.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract20.4%county
Population change since 2020+4.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age32.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.3%county
Share of households that are one person33.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States11.6%county
Second languages16.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents107county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in9,466county
Households that moved away10,008county
Average income of arriving households$61,664county
Average income of departing households$62,769county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes26county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,336county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings79.3%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature70.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.79 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F123 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing11 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days266 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 3county
Average first fall frostNov 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$155county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use1,048 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$27.11(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity78.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas18.1%county
Homes heated by propane1.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband88.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk88.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk41.3county
Landslide risk35.1county
Hail risk17.9county
Earthquake risk65.6county
Tornado risk90.3county
Tropical cyclone risk96.7county
Extreme heat risk86.3county
Winter weather risk12.5county
Strong wind risk80.9county
Wildfire risk95.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Alachua County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Florida figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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