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
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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.
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.
- 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.