Editing Gainesville, Virginia (section)

==Demographics==
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Gainesville was first listed as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2000 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2000CensusVA/>

[[Image:Battlefield-gainesville.jpg|thumb|A [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battlefield in Gainesville]]
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], Gainesville was the third-largest CDP in Prince William County. At the 2010 census,<ref name="GR3" /> there were 11,481 people, 3,959 households and roughly 3,100 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,150.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,300 housing units at an average density of {{convert|189.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

In 2022 Gainesville, VA is home to a population of 17k people, from which 94.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 18% of Gainesville, VA residents were born outside of the country (3.06k people).

In 2022, there were 3.44 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.12k people) in Gainesville, VA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.65k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 2.13k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
There were 10,300 households, of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The <ref>average household</ref> size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.91.

24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The [[median household income]] was $76,300 and the median family income was $82,627. Males had a median income of $46,934 and females $40,385. The [[per capita income]] was $35,196. About 1.9% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 0.6% of those age 65 or over.