Gainesville, AL

Census Place

2024 Population

236

US Senator

Tommy Tuberville

Republican Party

US Senator

Katie Britt

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

35.2

0.571% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

43.6%

6.51% 1-year increase

2019 Median Household Income

$14,028

2.02% 1-year growth

2021 Median Property Value

$255,000

Economy

The economy of Gainesville, AL employs 90 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Gainesville, AL were Manufacturing (65 people), Educational Services (12 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (6 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($29,375), Educational Services ($29,000), and Manufacturing ($16,394).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 101

−19.6%

1 Year decline

± 196%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Gainesville, AL declined at a rate of −19.6%, from 112 employees to 90 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Gainesville, AL, are Production Occupations (39 people), Material Moving Occupations (18 people), and Transportation Occupations (14 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Gainesville, AL.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Alabama.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Alabama (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 101

−19.6%

1 Year decline

± 196%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Gainesville, AL declined at a rate of −19.6%, from 112 employees to 90 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Gainesville, AL, are Manufacturing (65 people), Educational Services (12 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (6 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Gainesville, AL, though some of these residents may live in Gainesville, AL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$22,019

Median earning men ± $12,744

$15,804

Median earning women ± $9,084

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($65,625) and Manufacturing ($15,357).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Gainesville, AL was $255,000 in 2021, which is 0.766 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2020 and 2021 the median property value increased from $258,900 to $255,000, a 1.51% decrease. The homeownership rate in Gainesville, AL is 40.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Gainesville, AL have an average commute time of 38.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Gainesville, AL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$255,000

Median Property Value 2021

±$156,347

$33

Median Property Taxes

±$40

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Gainesville, AL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Gainesville, AL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$14,028

Median Household Income

± $7,480

Number of Households

± 58

In 2019, the median household income of the 81 households in Gainesville, AL grew to $14,028 from the previous year's value of $13,750.

The following chart displays the households in Gainesville, AL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Gainesville, AL is from Alabama.

0.454

2024 Wage GINI in Alabama

0.456

2023 Wage GINI in Alabama

In 2024, the income inequality in Alabama was 0.454 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.411% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Alabama was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Alabama in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Alabama across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (74.4%)
Carpooled (18.9%)
Public Transit (6.67%)

In 2024, 74.4% of workers in Gainesville, AL drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (18.9%) and those who used public transit to get to work (6.67%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

38.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Gainesville, AL have a longer commute time (38.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Gainesville, AL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Gainesville, AL compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Gainesville, AL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Gainesville, AL have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

43.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Gainesville, AL (103 out of 236 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 16 - 17, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Gainesville, AL is Black, followed by White and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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