Gainesville vs The Villages
Gainesville, FL compared with The Villages, FL · 58 miles apart
Gainesville has 148,671 residents to The Villages’s 83,498. Gainesville comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. The Villages does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.
| Gainesville, FL | The Villages, FL | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 148,671 | 83,498 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,323 | 2,557 |
| Median household income | $46,195 | $77,622 |
| Median home value | $247,500 | $400,100 |
| Median rent | $1,296 | $1,397 |
| Homeownership | 37.7% | 93.3% |
| Average commute | 18.8 min | 21.2 min |
| Median age | 26.5 | 74.1 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 53.7% | 42.8% |
| Poverty rate | 30.8% | 4.7% |
| Unemployment | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| Price to income | 5.4× | 5.2× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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