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==Economy== The median household income in Alachua according to the US Census Bureau is $72,491,<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/alachuacityflorida/HSD410218}}</ref> which is above both the average Alachua County median household income of $57,566 and the state of Florida median household income of $67,917.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FLHealthCharts |url=https://www.flhealthcharts.gov/ChartsDashboards/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=NonVitalIndRateOnly.Dataviewer&cid=293}}</ref> Alachua offers the lowest residential electric utility rate in Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Alachua Electric Utility |url=https://www.cityofalachua.com/government/public-services/electric}}</ref> ===Top employers=== The local economy is highlighted by one of the largest bio and life science business clusters in Florida<ref name="Florida Life Sciences Companies Map" /> and a growing number of distribution centers located primarily in the southwest section of the city near its interchange with I-75.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=City of Alachua Annual Financial Report (ACFR) FY 2023 |url=https://www.cityofalachua.com/government/finance-administrative-services/finance/budgets-reports}}</ref> According to Alachua's 2023 Annual Financial Report,<ref name=":0" /> the top employers in the city are: {| class="wikitable" |+ !No. !Employer !No. of Employees |- |1 |[[Walmart|Walmart Distribution Center]] |793 |- |2 |[[Dollar General|Dollar General Distribution Center]] |738 |- |3 |[https://www.rtix.com/en_us Regeneration Technologies, Inc.] |298 |- |4 |[https://resilience.com/ National Resilience] (Ology Bioservices) |294 |- |5 |[[Alachua County Public Schools|School Board of Alachua County]] |291 |- |6 |[https://www.home.sandvik/en/ Sandvik Mining & Construction USA, LLC] |270 |- |7 |[[Publix]] Supermarkets |238 |- |8 |[[Sysco|Baugh Southeast Cooperative, Inc.]] (Sysco) |177 |- |9 |City of Alachua |145 |- |10 |[[Lowe's]] |134 |}
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