ZIP 32608
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in ZIP 32608 usually run 0.6% below trend in November and 0.5% above it in April, about $17 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 32608 is 0.5% below its high of $1,577 in November 2025, at $1,569 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 32608 changed +1.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 623 Florida ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 32608 rose 39% while median household income rose 34.2% ($45,887 to $61,588). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 32608 is 38% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($61,588) is $1,540 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,390); a 2-bedroom is $1,670.
4th cheapest of 6 ZIP codes in Gainesville.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 32608. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 32608 (Gainesville, FL) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 59.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 32608 in Gainesville, FL has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 32608 in Gainesville, FL has climbed from $1,174 to $1,569, a 33.6% change over five years. Median household income rose from $53,688 to $61,588 between 2021 and 2024, a 14.7% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has grown by 6.3% since 2021, moving from about 51,317 residents to roughly 54,566. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 32608 in Gainesville, FL reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 32608 covers Gainesville, FL. The median rent here is $1,569/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,390/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,670/mo.
At 31% of local median household income ($61,588/yr), ZIP 32608 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.0% over the past year.
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At $1,569/mo, rent takes ~31% of ZIP 32608's median household income ($61,588/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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