Newberry
Newberry sits roughly fifteen miles west of campus, which is either a deal-breaker or the entire point. The town has a real downtown with brick streets, and the Easton Newberry Sports Complex pulls in archery tournaments most weekends. Subdivisions keep going up along State Road 26, and the schools rank well enough that Gainesville families with budgets pencil it out and move. Tradeoffs are honest: you commute, you drive for anything past a grocery run, and dating means meeting in town. What you get back is a lawn, a quieter street, and Friday-night football that still feels like Friday-night football.
Newberry by the numbers
Newberry runs male-heavy, about 58% men to 42% women.
Median individual income in Newberry is about $49,200.
Florida registers voters by party, and Alachua County is about 44% Democratic to 29% Republican, with a 23% No Party Affiliation bloc - the most Democratic county in North Florida.
The median renter in Newberry pays about $1,730 a month.
About 1,700 Newberry residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Stone House Neighborhood Grill
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Woodyard Grill
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Gator's Dockside Jonesville
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Tinker Restaurant - Tioga
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Local Provisions
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The Honeybee Café
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El Indio Mexican Food & Bar Jonesville
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Ellianos Coffee
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Fluid Lounge
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Patticakes at Tioga
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Bevs Better Burgers of Newberry
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