Clermont vs Gainesville

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

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

Gainesville has the higher population (44,051 vs 1,316 in Clermont). Clermont has the higher median household income ($132,188 vs $64,636 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $288,500 in Clermont).

Population, income & housing

	Clermont	Gainesville
Population	1,316	44,051
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$64,636
Median home value	$288,500	$337,000
Median gross rent	$798	$1,234
Housing units	482	17,567
Homeownership rate	88.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clermont	Gainesville
Population	901 → 1,316 (+46.1%)	39,991 → 44,051 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$66,842 → $132,188 (+97.8%)	$51,520 → $64,636 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$219,200 → $288,500 (+31.6%)	$219,300 → $337,000 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $798 (-15.0%)	$941 → $1,234 (+31.1%)

Clermont

Population

9011,316

Median household income

$66,842$132,188

Median home value

$219,200$288,500

Median gross rent

$939$798

Gainesville

Population

39,99144,051

Median household income

$51,520$64,636

Median home value

$219,300$337,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clermont	Gainesville
Under 5	8.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	18.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.4%
75 and over	4.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clermont	Gainesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	42.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clermont	Gainesville
No high school diploma	8.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clermont	Gainesville
Drove alone	86.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clermont	Gainesville
1-unit, detached	88.8%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Clermont	Gainesville
Poverty rate	6.5%	19.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1998	1993