Alachua vs Waldo

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

Alachua and Waldo 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 877 in Waldo). Alachua has the higher median household income ($78,526 vs $27,036 in Waldo). Alachua has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $112,200 in Waldo).

Population, income & housing

	Alachua	Waldo
Population	10,638	877
Median age	39.6 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,526	$27,036
Median home value	$285,700	$112,200
Median gross rent	$1,132	$838
Housing units	4,767	628
Homeownership rate	73.6%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alachua	Waldo
Population	9,867 → 10,638 (+7.8%)	825 → 877 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$63,318 → $78,526 (+24.0%)	$36,250 → $27,036 (-25.4%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $285,700 (+59.2%)	$104,300 → $112,200 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,132 (+6.4%)	$753 → $838 (+11.3%)

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

Waldo

Population

825877

Median household income

$36,250$27,036

Median home value

$104,300$112,200

Median gross rent

$753$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alachua	Waldo
Under 5	8.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	37.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alachua	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	62.7%
Black or African American	24.5%	18.2%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alachua	Waldo
No high school diploma	4.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alachua	Waldo
Drove alone	71.5%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	5.7%
Other means	2.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alachua	Waldo
1-unit, detached	83.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Alachua	Waldo
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.45	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1994	1967