Gainesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 45,282 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 21st largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gainesville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gainesville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gainesville who work in office and administrative support (10.10%), sales jobs (8.37%), and management occupations (7.65%). 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. The overall education level of Gainesville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.18% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $31,619, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,476 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 36.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include English, Irish, German, African, and Italian. Gainesville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.19%. The most common language spoken in Gainesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
