Home values, rents and more in the Gainesville metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Gainesville metro compares
The typical home in the Gainesville metro area is worth about $298,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Gainesville metro are 21% below the typical value in Florida ($375,000) and 19% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Gainesville metro fell 1.1%, compared with −0.9% in Florida and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,641 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 22% below Florida ($2,115) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,468, against $74,568 in Florida and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 359,036 people live in the Gainesville metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Gainesville metro has the 341st-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-lowest of 28 in Florida with Zillow figures.
Part of: Florida
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Gainesville metro
Cities in the Gainesville metro
- Gainesville, FL $292,000
- Alachua, FL $322,000
- Newberry, FL $327,000
- High Springs, FL $322,000
- Williston, FL $289,000
- Trenton, FL $291,000
- Chiefland, FL $173,000
- Inglis, FL $247,000
- Hawthorne, FL $223,000
- Bronson, FL $269,000
- Waldo, FL $192,000
- Archer, FL $353,000
- Fanning Springs, FL $278,000
- Cedar Key, FL $320,000
- Micanopy, FL $329,000
- Yankeetown, FL $273,000
- Bell, FL $297,000
- Morriston, FL $455,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.