Area: |
approximately 65.27 square miles (updated Sept. 2023) |
Climate: |
- Mild winters, warm summers, 255-day growing season
- Average of 2,800 hours of sunshine annually
- January average high temperature: 65 F
- June average high temperature: 89 F
- Average rainfall is 35 inches per year.
- The area basks in gulf breezes that make summer days warm and nights cool, and produce dry and mild winters.
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Population: |
145,214 (Census data from 2022 update) |
Median Age: |
26.4 |
Median Household Income: |
$40,822 (Census data from 2022 update) |
Taxes:* |
- 7.5% retail sales tax (food and medicine exempt)
- Homestead Exemption - up to $50,000
- No state personal income tax
- No state inheritance tax
- No franchise tax
- No inventory tax
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Millage Rate:** |
6.4297 (for fiscal year 2024) |
Industry: |
Variable from agricultural to manufacturing to technology, academic research, health care, corporate infrastructure, many small/minority business enterprises |
Location: |
On the I-75 corridor halfway between Atlanta and Miami |
Cities: (within a 2-hour drive) |
Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa, St. Augustine, Cedar Key, Live Oak, Ocala, Lake City |
Beaches: (within 75 miles) |
The Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico |
Theme Parks: (within a 2-hour drive) |
Disney World, Universal Studios, and Busch Gardens |
Home of: |
The University of Florida, Santa Fe College, the Gainesville Raceway and The Gatornationals (NHRA) |
Famous Residents: (past and present) |
Bo Diddley, Tom Petty, Don Felder, Bernie Leadon, River Phoenix, Malcolm Gets, Harry Crews, Marty Liquori, Gabriel Schwartzman, Peter Taylor, Mary McCauley, Joe Haldeman, Bob Vila, Maya Rudolph, Tim Tebow |
Notable Firsts: |
Gatorade (first sports drink), nation's first Butterfly City |