Study says Gainesville has one of the highest shares of 20-something residents in the U.S.

A city’s growth is often driven by innovation and commerce from its younger population. That’s good news for Gainesville, which a new study says has one of the largest 20-something demographics in the nation.

The study by moveBuddha , a relocation moving services company, placed Gainesville third in the U.S. in its 20-something population share among cities with populations exceeding 100,000 people,

Of course, Gainesville is home to the University of Florida . The university buoys the city even after some of those 20-somethings graduate, according to the moveBuddha study .

“Gainesville has 57,00 students in a city of 144,000. It’s a massive ratio, and the university’s many large graduate programs, like business, engineering, medicine, and law, keep plenty of 20-somethings ne