What is the population of Alachua city?

Alachua city has 10,638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #334 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Alachua city?

Median household income in Alachua city is $78,526 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alachua city?

Median gross rent is $1,132 a month and the median home value is $285,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

Is Alachua city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alachua city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alachua, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Alachua, Florida (Alachua, FL — Census place “Alachua city”) is 10,638 residents, ranking #334 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $78,526, the median home is worth $285,700 and median gross rent runs $1,132 a month. Looking for the Alachua Florida ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Alachua, FL: 32615, 32616.

Population: 10,638Alachua city residents
Median household income: $78,526Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $285,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,132Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.6%Owner-occupied households

Alachua ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alachua.

The Alachua FL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Alachua city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Alachua city median would spend about 17.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.5% of residents and 73.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Alachua city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Alachua city is a mid-size town in Florida, with 10,638 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #334 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Alachua city earn a median of $78,526 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Alachua city is valued at $285,700, 5.8% below the national figure and 6% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,132 a month, 19.5% below the national figure, or roughly $13,584 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Alachua city?: Alachua city has 10,638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #334 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Alachua city?: Median household income in Alachua city is $78,526 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alachua city?: Median gross rent is $1,132 a month and the median home value is $285,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Alachua city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alachua city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Alachua city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.