Gainesville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 145,214 people and 42 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 13th largest community in Florida.Gainesville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.53% 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 (13.59%), teaching (11.54%), and sales jobs (9.80%). 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: 10.76% 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. A lot of people in Gainesville take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Gainesville, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.Gainesville is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 49.96% of adults in Gainesville have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $27,414, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,656 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 12.06% 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.
