Gainesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 47,712 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 21st largest community in Georgia. Gainesville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Gainesville, where the median household income is $66,974.00.

Gainesville real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Gainesville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Gainesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.83% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In terms of college education, Gainesville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.09% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $34,505, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,020 for a family of four. However, Gainesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gainesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gainesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gainesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and African.

Gainesville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.76%.

The most common language spoken in Gainesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.