Gainesville vs Lula

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

Gainesville and Lula 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 2,903 in Lula). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($64,636 vs $64,282 in Lula). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $205,300 in Lula).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Lula
Population	44,051	2,903
Median age	33.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,636	$64,282
Median home value	$337,000	$205,300
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,156
Housing units	17,567	1,154
Homeownership rate	41.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Lula
Population	39,991 → 44,051 (+10.2%)	2,985 → 2,903 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$51,520 → $64,636 (+25.5%)	$49,667 → $64,282 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$219,300 → $337,000 (+53.7%)	$137,200 → $205,300 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,234 (+31.1%)	$969 → $1,156 (+19.3%)

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

Lula

Population

2,9852,903

Median household income

$49,667$64,282

Median home value

$137,200$205,300

Median gross rent

$969$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Lula
Under 5	7.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	13.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.2%
75 and over	6.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Lula
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	13.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Lula
No high school diploma	23.5%	18.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Lula
Drove alone	70.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.5%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Lula
1-unit, detached	47.2%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Lula
Poverty rate	19.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1993	2000