Cost of living in Alachua County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,471 a month.
That HUD number covers Alachua County, Florida, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,197
- 1 bed
- $1,241
- 2 bed
- $1,471
- 3 bed
- $1,806
- 4 bed
- $1,933
This county is in the Gainesville, FL area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 96.7 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Gainesville · 145,702 people
- Alachua · 10,743 people
- Newberry · 7,865 people
- High Springs · 6,544 people
- Hawthorne · 1,625 people
- Waldo · 1,303 people