Metro area · CBSA 23540
Gainesville
The Gainesville, FL metro area has 349,923 people. Median rent is $1,295, 25.3% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Alachua County at $1,471. Of the 24 places we track here, Inglis has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$61,468
Median home value
$266,200
Unemployment
4.3%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,471
HUD, Alachua County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 145,702 | $1,296 | 33.7% |
| Alachua | 10,743 | $1,284 | 18.5% |
| Newberry | 7,865 | $1,339 | 17.9% |
| High Springs | 6,544 | $1,878 | 23.9% |
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | 3,762 | $1,030 | 24.5% |
| Williston Highlands | 3,666 | $723 | 10.9% |
| Williston | 3,154 | $969 | 19.0% |
| East Bronson | 2,649 | $570 | 13.2% |
| Manatee Road | 2,426 | $1,102 | 25.6% |
| Trenton | 2,320 | $927 | 22.5% |
| Chiefland | 1,909 | $845 | 17.9% |
| Inglis | 1,742 | $344 | 7.3% |
| Hawthorne | 1,625 | $727 | 15.7% |
| Bronson | 1,600 | $869 | 16.8% |
| Waldo | 1,303 | $745 | 29.9% |
| Andrews | 1,275 | $1,112 | 25.2% |
| Archer | 958 | $913 | 26.7% |
| Fanning Springs | 942 | $859 | 19.2% |
| Cedar Key | 875 | $873 | 16.3% |
| Micanopy | 747 | $1,094 | 17.7% |
| Yankeetown | 675 | $1,108 | 21.8% |
| Bell | 563 | $963 | 17.5% |
| Spring Ridge | 555 | $926 | 16.9% |
| East Williston | 520 | $779 | 16.5% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.