Gilchrist County, Florida (FL)

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County population in 2005: 16,402 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,326
Renter-occupied apartments: 695

% of renters here:	14%
State:	30%

Land area: 349 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 47 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	14.1%
Whole state:	12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	6.4%
Whole state:	5.7%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.6%), Retail trade (12.9%), Construction (11.8%), Public administration (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 64%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Gilchrist County, Florida business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Gilchrist County, Florida:

White Non-Hispanic (88.7%)
Black (7.0%)
Hispanic (2.8%)
Two or more races (1.3%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Other race (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	35.4 years
Florida median age:	38.7 years

Males: 7,643	(52.9%)
Females: 6,794	(47.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $24,114
County population in 2003: 15,628
Jobs in 2003: 3,015

Gilchrist County,FL real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 6,992
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.9%

Average household size:

Gilchrist County:	2.6 people
Florida:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,151 ($30,328 in 2000)

This county	$33,151
Florida:	$42,433

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $158,594

Gilchrist County	$158,594
Florida:	$189,500

Median montly rent in 2000: $420
Institutionalized population: 1,311
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Gilchrist County in 2000: $720

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 22
Burglaries: 75
Thefts: 136
Auto thefts: 29

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 25
Burglaries: 72
Thefts: 152
Auto thefts: 22

Gilchrist County races chart

Gilchrist County, FL map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 70 buildings, average cost: $80,800
2001: 66 buildings, average cost: $100,500
2002: 93 buildings, average cost: $109,700
2005: 102 buildings, average cost: $127,400
2006: 92 buildings, average cost: $128,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Gilchrist County Florida:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 70.4%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 28.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $666 (0.9%)

Area name: Gainesville, FL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Gilchrist County is $550 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $626 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $915 a month.

Cities in this county include: Trenton, Fanning Springs, Bell.

Neighboring counties: Alachua County , Columbia County , Dixie County , Dixie County , Lafayette County , Levy County , Suwannee County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Gilchrist County: Log Landing (A), Rock Bluff Landing (B), Iris Railroad Station (C), Mona Railroad Station (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Gilchrist County include: Midway Church (A), Mount Horeb Church (B), Mount Nebo Church (C), New Hope Church (D), Pierce Chapel (E), Pleasant Grove Church (F), Pleasant Hill Church (G), Priscilla Church (H), Bell Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Osceola Cemetery (1), Townsend Cemetery (2), Trenton Cemetery (3), Joppa Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Haven Winquipin (A), Hay Pond (B), Buttonwood Pond (C), Sevenmile Lake (D), Jeb Knight Pond (E), Camp Pond (F), Jennings Lake (G), Cannon Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Ichetucknee River (A), Cow Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.0%
Florida:	4.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 431
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 72.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 251 (33% naturalized citizens)

Gilchrist County:	1.7%
Whole state:	16.7%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 41
1990 to 1994: 60
1985 to 1989: 22
1980 to 1984: 25
1975 to 1979: 16
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 3
1965 to 1969: 84

Mean travel time to work: 33.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 40.2%

Gilchrist County marital status for males

Gilchrist County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,380
One, attached: 22
Two: 26
3 or 4: 30
5 to 9: 30
10 to 19: 8
20 or more: 10
Mobile homes: 3,367
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 33

Housing units in Gilchrist County with a mortgage: 778 (71 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 461

Agriculture in Gilchrist County
Average size of farms: 200 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $109210
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $422.75
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.77%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.10%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $111103
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.98%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 21.72%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $47219
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.69%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 31.53
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 44.16%
Corn for grain: 219 harvested acres
Vegetables: 854 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 176 acres

Gilchrist County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Florida state average. It is 1.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/23/1983, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (20%)
Public administration (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Educational services (4%)
Health care (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (15%)
Public administration (11%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (18%)
Germany (13%)
Canada (10%)
Haiti (8%)
Cuba (8%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (7%)
Brazil (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Gilchrist County:

United States or American (33%)
English (11%)
Irish (11%)
German (11%)
Italian (3%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Gilchrist County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,305 (76%)
Carpooled: 886 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 42 (1%)
Motorcycle: 28 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 84 (1%)
Other means: 88 (2%)
Worked at home: 248 (4%)

People in group quarters in Gilchrist County, Florida

1115 people in state prisons
175 people in nursing homes
21 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,746.

11.81% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,562 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.81%
Florida average:	8.71%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
9.35% relocated from other counties in Florida ($32,853 average AGI)
2.46% relocated from other states ($7,708 average AGI)
Gilchrist County: 2.46%
Florida average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Alachua County, FL	1.97% ($33,793 average AGI)
from Levy County, FL	1.20% ($25,036)
from Dixie County, FL	0.66% ($29,903)
from Pinellas County, FL	0.51% ($23,667)
from Broward County, FL	0.45% ($33,762)
from Palm Beach County, FL	0.41% ($44,579)
from Miami-Dade County, FL	0.41% ($28,632)

9.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,685 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.61%
Florida average:	7.73%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.70% relocated to other counties in Florida ($20,806 average AGI)
1.91% relocated to other states ($7,879 average AGI)
Gilchrist County: 1.91%
Florida average: 3.31%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Alachua County, FL	2.81% ($27,391 average AGI)
to Levy County, FL	1.38% ($26,603)
to Suwannee County, FL	0.50% ($18,783)
to Columbia County, FL	0.44% ($27,100)
to Dixie County, FL	0.39% ($17,944)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1

Births per 1000 population in Gilchrist County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Gilchrist County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Gilchrist County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,526 (1,994 aged, 532 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship

Households: 13,077

In family households: 11,512 (2,745 male householders, 959 female householders)
2,971 spouses, 3,945 children (3,597 natural, 146 adopted, 202 stepchildren), 292 grandchildren, 77 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 155 other relatives, 286 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,565 (646 male householders (486 living alone)), 651 female householders (575 living alone)), 268 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,360 (1,356 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,648 2-persons, 832 3-persons, 722 4-persons, 304 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,061 1-person, 208 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 6 4-persons.

2,323 married couples with children.
777 single-parent households (143 men, 634 women).

95.8% of residents of Gilchrist County speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $66,816,000 ($4170 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,691,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $40,467,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,466,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $599,000
Federal grants: $9,166,000
Federal procurement contracts: $432,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,686,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,837,000
Federal Government insurance: $24,047,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 927

Here:	57 per 1000 residents
State:	63 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 817

Here:	50 per 1000 residents
State:	49 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +32

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	+30 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +1,858

Here:	+113 per 1000 residents
State:	+59 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Gilchrist County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.27 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 275
1995 to 1998: 916
1990 to 1994: 969
1980 to 1989: 1,573
1970 to 1979: 1,103
1960 to 1969: 526
1950 to 1959: 210
1940 to 1949: 135
1939 or earlier: 199

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gilchrist County, Florida:

1 room: 10
2 rooms: 72
3 rooms: 362
4 rooms: 779
5 rooms: 979
6 rooms: 1,192
7 rooms: 501
8 rooms: 225
9 or more rooms: 206

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gilchrist County, Florida:

1 room: 19
2 rooms: 23
3 rooms: 69
4 rooms: 286
5 rooms: 173
6 rooms: 93
7 rooms: 12
8 rooms: 10
9 or more rooms: 10

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Gilchrist County:

no bedroom: 17
1 bedroom: 192
2 bedrooms: 1,292
3 bedrooms: 2,277
4 bedrooms: 440
5 or more bedrooms: 108

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gilchrist County:

no bedroom: 21
1 bedroom: 50
2 bedrooms: 387
3 bedrooms: 210
4 bedrooms: 27
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Gilchrist County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 112
1 vehicle: 1,415
2 vehicles: 1,963
3 vehicles: 628
4 vehicles: 154
5 or more vehicles: 54

Cars and other vehicles available in Gilchrist County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 87
1 vehicle: 352
2 vehicles: 238
3 vehicles: 15
4 vehicles: 1
5 or more vehicles: 2

60% of Gilchrist County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Florida.

Gilchrist County:	59.7%
State average:	51.1%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 8635
Northeast: 1490
Midwest: 1464
South: 2090
West: 410

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (67%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
Wood (4%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
Utility gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (72%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Utility gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74

Here:	4.3%
Florida:	11.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54

Here:	5.2%
Florida:	9.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48

Here:	11.9%
Florida:	21.0%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Gilchrist County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $769,000
Construction - Judicial & Legal: $1,342,000
Central Staff Services: $8,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,245,000
Police Protection: $1,791,000

Central Staff Services: $1,651,000

Solid Waste Management: $1,024,000

Health Services - Other: $796,000

Corrections - Other: $601,000

Housing & Community Development: $563,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $454,000

Financial Administration: $363,000

Fire Protection: $320,000

General - Other: $258,000

General Public Buildings: $195,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $187,000

Parks & Recreation: $137,000

Natural Resources - Other: $110,000

Libraries: $96,000

Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $4,000
Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $120,000
General - Interest on Debt: $132,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,198,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $180,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,065,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $953,000
Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $783,000
General Revenue, NEC: $380,000

Interest Earnings: $145,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,339,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,665,000
Highways: $855,000

All Other: $625,000

Housing & Community Development: $513,000

Public Welfare: $134,000
Tax - Property: $3,473,000
Total General Sales: $502,000

Motor Fuels Sales: $377,000

NEC: $112,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,199,000

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