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Gainesville, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Gainesville is a Census CDP of 18,196 people across 10.11 square miles of land, in Prince William County. Median household income is $174,410, 83.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 53 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $22.7 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Gainesville
What Gainesville is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area10.11 sq mi
- Water area0.57 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,799
- County holding the largest share of its areaPrince William County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gainesville
How many people live in Gainesville
- Population18,196
- Median age37.2
- Population under 184,914
- Share under 1827.0 percent
- Population 65 and over1,751
- Share 65 and over9.6 percent
- Households5,926
- Family households4,591
- Share of households that are families77.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gainesville
Income and work in Gainesville
- Median household income$174,410
- Per capita income$63,896
- Civilian labor force10,059
- Employed9,801
- Unemployed258 plus or minus 94
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over11,462
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gainesville
Housing in Gainesville
- Housing units6,035
- Occupied units5,926
- Vacant units109 plus or minus 83
- Vacancy rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied4,951
- Renter occupied975 plus or minus 214
- Ownership rate83.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$712,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,283
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.7 percent
- Single family units5,345
- Share single family88.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more665 plus or minus 180
- Share in buildings of two or more11.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built2007
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gainesville
How Gainesville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,147
- Commuting under 15 minutes933 plus or minus 248
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,431
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more62.0 percent
- Drove alone64.3 percent
- Carpooled7.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home25.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gainesville
SBA loans in Gainesville (7(a))
- Approvals53
- Gross approval$22,664,400
- Average approval$427,630
- Median approval$205,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$622,300
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported513
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full9
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.3 percent
- Share to franchises34.0 percent
- Distinct lenders26
- Distinct industries by NAICS34
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gainesville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 12 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gainesville
SBA loans in Gainesville (504)
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$27,846,000
- Average approval$1,113,840
- Median approval$631,000
- Largest approval$4,704,000
- Jobs supported337
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gainesville, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 8 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Prince William County, not Gainesville
Prince William County context, not Gainesville figures
- Establishments in Prince William County9,286
- Covered employment, Prince William County143,345
- Average annual pay, Prince William County$64,447
- Housing units permitted, Prince William County1,418
Every figure in this section is published for Prince William County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gainesville.
All Prince William County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Gainesville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gainesville, Virginia?
18,196, in 5,926 households. Gainesville CDP covers 10.11 square miles of land, which is 1,799 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gainesville in?
Prince William County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gainesville?
$174,410. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $712,600. Median gross rent is $2,283 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gainesville businesses?
53 7(a) approvals totaling $22.7 m since FY2020, across 26 lenders, median approval $205,000, plus 25 504 approvals worth $27.8 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gainesville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gainesville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gainesville. Only 12 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Gainesville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Prince William County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gainesville.
Is zoning published for Gainesville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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