Alachua is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 10,773 people and four associated neighborhoods, Alachua is the 207th largest community in Florida.Alachua is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.86% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alachua is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alachua who work in sales jobs (12.08%), office and administrative support (10.08%), and management occupations (7.17%). Also of interest is that Alachua has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Alachua is also a city of artists. Alachua has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Alachua’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.80% 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. Alachua is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Alachua are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.14% of adults in Alachua have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Alachua in 2022 was $36,206, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,824 for a family of four. However, Alachua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alachua is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alachua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alachua residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alachua also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alachua include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Alachua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
