Gainesville vs Hawthorne

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

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

Gainesville has the higher population (143,611 vs 1,603 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median household income ($53,143 vs $45,611 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $136,500 in Hawthorne).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
Population	143,611	1,603
Median age	26.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,611	$53,143
Median home value	$235,000	$136,500
Median gross rent	$1,214	$721
Housing units	65,747	644
Homeownership rate	38.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
Population	132,127 → 143,611 (+8.7%)	1,669 → 1,603 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$37,264 → $45,611 (+22.4%)	$35,893 → $53,143 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $235,000 (+45.2%)	$110,000 → $136,500 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,214 (+27.4%)	$775 → $721 (-7.0%)

Gainesville

Population

132,127143,611

Median household income

$37,264$45,611

Median home value

$161,900$235,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,214

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)

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
Under 5	3.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	33.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.8%
75 and over	5.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	33.0%
Black or African American	21.1%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	17.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
Drove alone	62.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.2%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	9.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	37.7%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	25.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	17.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	28.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1983	1975