Florida · Census place 1230525

High Springs, Florida

High Springs is a city in Alachua County, Florida with an estimated 6,806 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 207th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,806
#207 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+9.0%
+564 people
Land area
23.0 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
296 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: High Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

High Springs population, 2020 to 2024

High Springs added 564 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +93. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so High Springs is 31% of it.

6,24220206,37620216,58120226,71320236,8062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,222. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

High Springs covers 23.02 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 296 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so High Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county High Springs is in

All of High Springs's residents live in Alachua County, which had 291,782 residents in 2024. High Springs holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in High Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps High Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32643. 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 High Springs is

The Census internal point of High Springs is at 29.799600, -82.589300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 110.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alachua, FL (10,856 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 16.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.799600, -82.589300
DMS
29°47'58.56"N 82°35'21.48"W
UTM
17N 346398.6E 3297638.6N
Geohash
djm388u73
Plus code
76XVQCX6+R7

Daylight in High Springs

At 29.80° N, High Springs 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 High Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Alachua, 7.2 miles away, with 10,856 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of High Springs, FL?

6,806 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 564 (9.0%) from 6,242 in July 2020.

What county is High Springs in?

Alachua County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover High Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32643.

How far is High Springs from Tallahassee?

110.3 miles (177.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from High Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to High Springs?

Alachua, FL, with 10,856 residents, 7.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.