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Alachua

United States · GDP 2024
#249 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$20.9B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
103,368
Employers
6,721
Avg. wage
$61.4k
Population
290,028
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$1.7k
Business applications
4,246 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1AxoGen, Inc.Healthcare$225.2M80B+2Quick-Med Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$928.5k——

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care38%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation19%
Professional services8%
Construction8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
290,028
residents · 2025 · +3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+863
International migration+8,243
Natural change+1,152

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.8B
2019
$15.1B
2020
$16.7B
2021
$18.3B
2022
$19.8B
2023
$20.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$288.8k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±0.7%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
3,336 (11.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 98Hurricane 97Wildfire 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
358
2016
384
2017
416
2018
439
2019
462
2020
521
2021
614
2022
676
2023
700
2024
718
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
65.2 km
GA PACIFIC
Nearest commercial airport
8.5 km
GAINESVILLE RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KAxoGen, Inc.06-23
DEF 14AAxoGen, Inc.04-29
10-QAxoGen, Inc.04-28
8-KAxoGen, Inc.04-28
10-KAxoGen, Inc.02-24
8-KAxoGen, Inc.02-24
8-KAxoGen, Inc.01-23
8-KAxoGen, Inc.01-12
8-KAxoGen, Inc.12-05
8-KAxoGen, Inc.12-04
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Northampton$21.0BNew Hanover$21.0BOttawa$21.0BSanta Cruz$21.1BKalamazoo$20.7BWhatcom$20.6B
The read

Alachua's economy produced $20.9B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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