Alachua vs Newberry

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

Alachua and Newberry 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 7,608 in Newberry). Newberry has the higher median household income ($100,513 vs $78,526 in Alachua). Alachua has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $268,800 in Newberry).

Population, income & housing

	Alachua	Newberry
Population	10,638	7,608
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,526	$100,513
Median home value	$285,700	$268,800
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,047
Housing units	4,767	2,998
Homeownership rate	73.6%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alachua	Newberry
Population	9,867 → 10,638 (+7.8%)	5,944 → 7,608 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$63,318 → $78,526 (+24.0%)	$64,846 → $100,513 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $285,700 (+59.2%)	$175,600 → $268,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,132 (+6.4%)	$906 → $1,047 (+15.6%)

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

Newberry

Population

5,9447,608

Median household income

$64,846$100,513

Median home value

$175,600$268,800

Median gross rent

$906$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alachua	Newberry
Under 5	8.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.1%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alachua	Newberry
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	56.9%
Black or African American	24.5%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alachua	Newberry
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alachua	Newberry
Drove alone	71.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	10.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alachua	Newberry
1-unit, detached	83.4%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Alachua	Newberry
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1994	2004