Gainesville 32609

Gainesville, FL · Alachua County, FL · 6,240 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

53affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
28.6%
stretched
Days on market
38
daily
Price cuts
29.2%
of active
Valuation
-30.7%
vs assessor
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47
/100
mixed
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

40/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 55d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 32609. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 28.6% of median income. Median days on market: 55. Renting is approximately 9% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 13.1).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 2.7% YoY.

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Median price
$227,057
▾ 2.7% YoY
Days on market
38
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,448
ZORI
Investor score
72/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
35
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-30.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$157,300
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+58.1%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Alachua+58.1%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$129
Price-to-income4.7×

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How 32609 ranks in FL
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Affordability, supply & momentum

41SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply15.6 mo
Days on Market38d
Inv vs History-3.3%
Listing Density4.7/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %29.2%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply15.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,448
Price-to-rent13.1
Est. cap rate5.0%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score12
Transit score11
Bike score

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Alachua County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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