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Alachua County, FL

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 21 ZIP codes inside Alachua County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
21
in this county
Total population
288,771
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
10
distinct city/town names
Avg density
547
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Alachua County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
32608 Gainesville 51,317 446
32607 Gainesville 30,445 934
32605 Gainesville 28,058 1,104
32606 Gainesville 23,682 594
32601 Gainesville 21,460 1,802
32609 Gainesville 19,542 64
32641 Gainesville 17,035 96
32653 Gainesville 15,799 159
32669 Newberry 15,125 59
32615 Alachua 14,933 42
32643 High Springs 12,260 42
32640 Hawthorne 10,543 22
32618 Archer 8,640 36
32612 Gainesville 7,152 2,936
32603 Gainesville 5,625 2,505
32667 Micanopy 4,399 19
32694 Waldo 1,753 23
32658 La Crosse 446 101
32631 Earleton 366 31
32616 Alachua 149 251
32610 Gainesville 42 226

About Alachua County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Alachua County in Florida contains roughly 21 ZIP codes spread across 10 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 288,771. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Florida index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 547, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Alachua County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Alachua County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.