Gainesville Real Estate
About the City
Named after Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, the city of Gainesville was established in 1854, along a route of the Florida Railroad. A thriving center for cotton and vegetable crops in the 1800s, its industrial center would soon switch to a focus on education with the start of the University of Florida in 1905.
Today, Gainesville is the largest city and county seat of Alachua County, Florida. It is home, not only to the University of Florida, the fourth-largest university in the U.S., but also to the Santa Fe Community College, one of the nation's largest community colleges.
The Census of 2000 indicated that there were 95,447 people residing within the city limits. In 2003, the City of Gainesville estimated that the 2003 population was at 117,182. The racial makeup of the city is 68.36% White, 23.24% African American, 0.25% Native American, 4.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.46% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. 6.40% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median income for a household in the city is $28,164, and the median income for a family is $44,263. The per capita income for the city is $16,779.