Gainesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 25,454 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 30th largest community in Georgia.

Gainesville is a blue-collar town, with 39.3% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Gainesville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gainesville who work in sales jobs (11.42%), office and administrative support jobs (8.78%), and management occupations (7.24%).

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Gainesville is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. Taxis helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Gainesville area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Gainesville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Gainesville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 24.17% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gainesville in 2000 was $19,128, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,512 for a family of four.

Gainesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gainesville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gainesville is White, followed by African-American. Gainesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.09% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include English, Irish, and German.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Gainesville's cultural character, accounting for 29.30% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Gainesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.