Gainesville is a relatively large city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 145,812 people and 42 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 13th largest community in Florida.Gainesville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gainesville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gainesville who work in office and administrative support (13.69%), teaching (11.83%), and sales jobs (9.68%). Also of interest is that Gainesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.42% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Gainesville is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Gainesville is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy. Many people in Gainesville take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Gainesville citizens for affordable transportation.If knowledge is power, Gainesville is a pretty powerful place. 51.69% of the adults in Gainesville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $30,282, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,128 for a family of four. However, Gainesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gainesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gainesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gainesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Gainesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
