Alachua vs Hawthorne

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

Alachua and Hawthorne 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 1,603 in Hawthorne). Alachua has the higher median household income ($78,526 vs $53,143 in Hawthorne). Alachua has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $136,500 in Hawthorne).

Population, income & housing

	Alachua	Hawthorne
Population	10,638	1,603
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,526	$53,143
Median home value	$285,700	$136,500
Median gross rent	$1,132	$721
Housing units	4,767	644
Homeownership rate	73.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alachua	Hawthorne
Population	9,867 → 10,638 (+7.8%)	1,669 → 1,603 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$63,318 → $78,526 (+24.0%)	$35,893 → $53,143 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $285,700 (+59.2%)	$110,000 → $136,500 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,132 (+6.4%)	$775 → $721 (-7.0%)

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

Hawthorne

Population

1,6691,603

Median household income

$35,893$53,143

Median home value

$110,000$136,500

Median gross rent

$775$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alachua	Hawthorne
Under 5	8.4%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alachua	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	33.0%
Black or African American	24.5%	63.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alachua	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alachua	Hawthorne
Drove alone	71.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	9.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alachua	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	83.4%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alachua	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1994	1975