Gainesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 47,265 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 21st largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Gainesville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Gainesville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Gainesville, where the median household income is $64,636.00.

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.

The percentage of people in Gainesville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.16% of adults in Gainesville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $33,476, 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 $133,904 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 35.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.

In addition, Gainesville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.41%).

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