Buckhall vs Gainesville

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

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

Buckhall has the higher population (20,447 vs 18,036 in Gainesville). Buckhall has the higher median household income ($169,591 vs $168,978 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($660,800 vs $598,700 in Buckhall).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhall	Gainesville
Population	20,447	18,036
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$169,591	$168,978
Median home value	$598,700	$660,800
Median gross rent	$2,591	$2,444
Housing units	6,657	5,989
Homeownership rate	88.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhall	Gainesville
Population	17,708 → 20,447 (+15.5%)	17,287 → 18,036 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$143,602 → $169,591 (+18.1%)	$141,609 → $168,978 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$449,400 → $598,700 (+33.2%)	$491,500 → $660,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,886 → $2,591 (+37.4%)	$2,059 → $2,444 (+18.7%)

Buckhall

Population

17,70820,447

Median household income

$143,602$169,591

Median home value

$449,400$598,700

Median gross rent

$1,886$2,591

Gainesville

Population

17,28718,036

Median household income

$141,609$168,978

Median home value

$491,500$660,800

Median gross rent

$2,059$2,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhall	Gainesville
Under 5	7.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	18.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.7%
75 and over	3.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhall	Gainesville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	49.8%
Black or African American	8.9%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhall	Gainesville
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	15.8%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhall	Gainesville
Drove alone	61.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.2%
Public transit	5.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.6%	23.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhall	Gainesville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	33.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Buckhall	Gainesville
Poverty rate	5.8%	3.9%
Average household size	3.14	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	41	36
Median year structure built	1995	2007