Gainesville

Population & Demographics

Gainesville, GA

Gainesville is home to 45,032 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 20,720 resident workers commute each day.

GeorgiaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
45,032
people
Population

45,032 residents

Median age 33.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Gainesville population & demographics

Who lives in Gainesville — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
45,032
Median age
33.3yrs
Median household income
$66,974
Median home value
$382,200
Median gross rent
$1,299/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.1%
Poverty rate
20.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Gainesville

How Gainesville breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White42.1%
Hispanic or Latino37.0%
Black14.3%
Two or more races3.3%
Asian2.9%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Gainesville

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Gainesville.

Gainesville at a glance
Employed Residents
20,720
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
27.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
31.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Oakwood
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Gainesville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Gainesville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

60 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Gainesville

20,720 commutes, one dot at a time

Gainesville

Where 20,720 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Gainesville, by worker count.

1Gainesville0.0 mi6,516
2Oakwood5.6 mi786
3Atlanta49.3 mi703
4Buford15.1 mi439
5Jefferson18.1 mi379
6Braselton12.8 mi352
7Sandy Springs39.6 mi314
8Alpharetta29.9 mi312

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Gainesville.

1Gainesville0.0 mi6,516
2Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)35.1 mi743
3Flowery Branch9.6 mi564
4Oakwood5.6 mi523
5Braselton12.8 mi514
6Jefferson18.1 mi461
7Atlanta49.3 mi424
8Buford15.1 mi364

Top industries

The sectors that employ Gainesville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.3%
MFManufacturing23.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.8%
RTRetail Trade7.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
EDEducational Services5.4%
PAPublic Administration4.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Gainesville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Gainesville

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).