Bliss vs Gainesville

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

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

Bliss has the higher population (429 vs 209 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $48,542 in Bliss). Bliss has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $105,800 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Bliss	Gainesville
Population	429	209
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$73,750
Median home value	$111,700	$105,800
Median gross rent	$730	$693
Housing units	224	116
Homeownership rate	65.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bliss	Gainesville
Population	477 → 429 (-10.1%)	245 → 209 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$66,719 → $48,542 (-27.2%)	$53,958 → $73,750 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $111,700 (+29.7%)	$82,700 → $105,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $730 (+5.2%)	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)

Bliss

Population

477429

Median household income

$66,719$48,542

Median home value

$86,100$111,700

Median gross rent

$694$730

Gainesville

Population

245209

Median household income

$53,958$73,750

Median home value

$82,700$105,800

Median gross rent

$670$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bliss	Gainesville
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.2%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bliss	Gainesville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bliss	Gainesville
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	53.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bliss	Gainesville
Drove alone	64.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	16.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bliss	Gainesville
1-unit, detached	62.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bliss	Gainesville
Poverty rate	23.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1965	1938