Gainesville vs York

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and York: population, income, housing, and more.

Gainesville and York are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

York has the higher population (2,849 vs 266 in Gainesville). Since 2019, Gainesville's population has grown faster (+63.2% vs +12.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	York
Population	266	2,849
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$37,009
Median home value	—	$57,500
Median gross rent	$902	$738
Housing units	129	1,558
Homeownership rate	33.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	York
Population	163 → 266 (+63.2%)	2,529 → 2,849 (+12.7%)
Median household income	—	$25,202 → $37,009 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$258,900 → $255,000 (-1.5%)	$41,000 → $57,500 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $902 (+28.9%)	$493 → $738 (+49.7%)

Gainesville

Population

163266

Median home value

$258,900$255,000

Median gross rent

$700$902

York

Population

2,5292,849

Median household income

$25,202$37,009

Median home value

$41,000$57,500

Median gross rent

$493$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	York
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	30.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	1.9%	11.7%
75 and over	3.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	York
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	9.7%
Black or African American	79.7%	87.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	York
No high school diploma	24.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	York
Drove alone	74.1%	90.1%
Carpooled	20.5%	2.5%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	York
1-unit, detached	72.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	27.9%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	York
Poverty rate	41.0%	32.6%
Average household size	3.06	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	43	21
Median year structure built	1981	1976