Alachua vs Archer

A side-by-side comparison of Alachua and Archer: population, income, housing, and more.

Alachua and Archer are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alachua has the higher population (10,638 vs 885 in Archer). Alachua has the higher median household income ($78,526 vs $50,893 in Archer). Alachua has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $161,900 in Archer).

Population, income & housing

	Alachua	Archer
Population	10,638	885
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,526	$50,893
Median home value	$285,700	$161,900
Median gross rent	$1,132	$692
Housing units	4,767	466
Homeownership rate	73.6%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alachua	Archer
Population	9,867 → 10,638 (+7.8%)	1,262 → 885 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$63,318 → $78,526 (+24.0%)	$30,776 → $50,893 (+65.4%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $285,700 (+59.2%)	$154,600 → $161,900 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,132 (+6.4%)	$789 → $692 (-12.3%)

Alachua

Population

9,86710,638

Median household income

$63,318$78,526

Median home value

$179,500$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,132

Archer

Population

1,262885

Median household income

$30,776$50,893

Median home value

$154,600$161,900

Median gross rent

$789$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alachua	Archer
Under 5	8.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alachua	Archer
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	50.6%
Black or African American	24.5%	33.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alachua	Archer
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alachua	Archer
Drove alone	71.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	13.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alachua	Archer
1-unit, detached	83.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Alachua	Archer
Poverty rate	11.5%	29.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1994	1972