Gainesville vs Oakwood

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

Gainesville and Oakwood 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 5,499 in Oakwood). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($64,636 vs $61,191 in Oakwood). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $255,400 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Oakwood
Population	44,051	5,499
Median age	33.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,636	$61,191
Median home value	$337,000	$255,400
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,269
Housing units	17,567	2,478
Homeownership rate	41.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Oakwood
Population	39,991 → 44,051 (+10.2%)	4,143 → 5,499 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$51,520 → $64,636 (+25.5%)	$47,250 → $61,191 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$219,300 → $337,000 (+53.7%)	$142,800 → $255,400 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,234 (+31.1%)	$1,068 → $1,269 (+18.8%)

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

Oakwood

Population

4,1435,499

Median household income

$47,250$61,191

Median home value

$142,800$255,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Oakwood
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.5%
75 and over	6.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	51.6%
Black or African American	13.3%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Oakwood
No high school diploma	23.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Oakwood
Drove alone	70.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.9%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	47.2%	29.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	17.2%
20 or more units	13.1%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Oakwood
Poverty rate	19.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1993	2001