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Gainesville, FL
148,720 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1225175 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Gainesville ranked #288 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Gainesville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Athens GA, McAllen TX, Las Cruces NM, New Haven CT, Tallahassee FL, Albany NY, Tyler TX, Tuscaloosa AL, Brownsville TX, Waco TX, Provo UT, Pueblo CO, Syracuse NY · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #288 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #302 | #273 | #303 | #297 | #221 | #207 | #270 | #280 | #297 | #231 | #220 | #246 | #198 | #277 | #264 | #267 | #314 | #296 | #288 | #272 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 121,526 | 123,515 | 124,251 | 124,520 | 124,641 | 124,681 | 125,671 | 125,993 | 126,340 | 127,571 | 129,356 | 131,580 | 132,041 | 133,665 | 133,997 | 142,276 | 144,077 | 145,861 | 147,524 | 148,720 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #189 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +0.8 | +1.5 | +0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | — | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.0 | +0.3 | -0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #45 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | — | 9.0 | 5.3 | 8.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #337 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 30.2% | 31.7% | 32.0% | 27.9% | 35.9% | 33.4% | 30.9% | 35.3% | 30.9% | 29.9% | 29.4% | 32.6% | 33.2% | 30.6% | 29.5% | — | 32.4% | 34.3% | 33.6% | 35.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #132 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 4.1 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 7.0 | — | 7.5 | 11.5 | 4.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #210 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 117.3 | 108.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 95,309 | 97,936 | 98,060 | 64,156 | 67,869 | 78,469 | 79,654 | 85,138 | 86,443 | 89,400 | 90,503 | 92,713 | 94,825 | 96,479 | 94,761 | 92,156 | 93,242 | 94,498 | 97,929 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #125 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.5 | +0.8 | -2.2 | -10.5 | +3.2 | +3.5 | +2.9 | +4.1 | +0.2 | +1.6 | -1.4 | +0.3 | -0.2 | +0.4 | -1.8 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -0.9 | +0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,184 | 54,603 | 58,423 | 57,457 | 59,223 | 57,072 | 67,169 | 65,272 | 66,312 | — | 68,759 | 68,095 | 74,733 | 73,232 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #204 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 9.8% | 9.5% | 11.0% | 5.1% | 6.9% | 4.5% | 5.8% | 3.6% | — | 4.0% | 7.6% | 4.4% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #279 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -12% | 7% | -4% | 22% | 13% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 8% | -5% | -21% | -24% | -19% | -32% | -17% | -4% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #307 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $7,374 | $7,688 | $9,544 | $8,960 | $10,979 | $10,815 | $11,928 | $12,903 | $11,927 | $11,623 | $11,066 | $11,062 | $10,565 | $9,571 | $16,464 | $15,769 | $16,865 | $16,077 | $14,687 | $13,121 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Gainesville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.