Florida · Census place 1200375
Alachua, Florida
Alachua is a city in Alachua County, Florida with an estimated 10,856 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,856
- #169 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +2.6%
- +276 people
- Land area
- 36.2 sq mi
- + 0.37 sq mi water
- Density
- 300 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Alachua population, 2020 to 2024
Alachua added 276 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -13. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 175th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Alachua is 49% of it.
Alachua covers 36.20 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 300 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Alachua is less dense than the typical town.
What county Alachua is in
All of Alachua's residents live in Alachua County, which had 291,782 residents in 2024. Alachua holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alachua
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Alachua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32615, 32616. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alachua is
The Census internal point of Alachua is at 29.765200, -82.475100. Tallahassee, the capital, is 117.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gainesville, FL (148,720 people), 9.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.765200, -82.475100
- DMS
- 29°45'54.72"N 82°28'30.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 357388.2E 3293679.6N
- Geohash
- djm374x6y
- Plus code
- 76XVQG8F+3X
Daylight in Alachua
At 29.77° N, Alachua gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alachua
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is High Springs, 7.2 miles away, with 6,806 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alachua, FL?
10,856 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 276 (2.6%) from 10,580 in July 2020.
What county is Alachua in?
Alachua County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alachua?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32615, 32616.
How far is Alachua from Tallahassee?
117.5 miles (189.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Alachua.
What is the nearest larger city to Alachua?
Gainesville, FL, with 148,720 residents, 9.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.