Alachua County vs Clay County

A side-by-side comparison of Alachua County and Clay County: population, income, housing, and more.

Alachua County and Clay County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alachua County has the higher population (281,751 vs 223,436 in Clay County). Clay County has the higher median household income ($86,094 vs $59,659 in Alachua County). Clay County has the higher median home value ($281,500 vs $266,800 in Alachua County).

Population, income & housing

	Alachua County	Clay County
Population	281,751	223,436
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$86,094
Median home value	$266,800	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,464
Housing units	125,702	87,165
Homeownership rate	54.1%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alachua County	Clay County
Population	265,443 → 281,751 (+6.1%)	211,405 → 223,436 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$49,689 → $59,659 (+20.1%)	$65,740 → $86,094 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$186,700 → $266,800 (+42.9%)	$185,400 → $281,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,255 (+27.7%)	$1,148 → $1,464 (+27.5%)

Alachua County

Population

265,443281,751

Median household income

$49,689$59,659

Median home value

$186,700$266,800

Median gross rent

$983$1,255

Clay County

Population

211,405223,436

Median household income

$65,740$86,094

Median home value

$185,400$281,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alachua County	Clay County
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	21.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alachua County	Clay County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	69.1%
Black or African American	19.0%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alachua County	Clay County
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alachua County	Clay County
Drove alone	69.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.7%
Public transit	2.9%	0.1%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.1%	14.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alachua County	Clay County
1-unit, detached	50.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	11.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Alachua County	Clay County
Poverty rate	19.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1987	1995