Alachua, FL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Alachua, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Alachua sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 194
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $316,400
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $175
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $269,990 and $374,420

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 194 closed sales in Alachua over the last six months, with a median closing price of $316,400. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $269,990 and $374,420. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 91% of the Alachua closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 191 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $151 and $197 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Alachua, FL (October 2026)

The median home price in Alachua is $316,400, measured across the 194 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $269,990 and $374,420.

Where Alachua sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Alachua over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $269,990 and $374,420. Among the 205 Florida markets with a published band, Alachua's middle-half spread ($269,990 to $374,420) ranks 15th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 9th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 54 days, across 128 Alachua closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 33 days, across 124 Alachua closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Alachua angle

Alachua's numbers make an unusually coherent set: 194 tracked closings over the last six months, a median closed sale price of $316,400, and a middle half of sales held between $269,990 and $374,420, among the tightest spreads we track. Coherence is useful so long as it is read correctly. It means tracked closings agree with each other more than closings do in most markets, which strengthens the median as a reference and shortens the list of excuses for skipping comps. It does not mean properties are interchangeable. A tight band makes a mispriced estimate more visible, not less possible. Anchor on matched closed sales, then confirm the result sits sensibly against the Alachua band.

Alachua market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Alachua ZIP codes: 32615.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Alachua address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Alachua, FL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1200375
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 194
Median sold price: $316,400
Median sold $/sqft: $175 (191 qualifying)
Property mix: 91% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Alachua over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.