East Williston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 780 at the 2020 census, up from 694 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+East Williston CDP, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!

!% 2000

!% 2010

!

|-

|White alone (NH)

|114

|102

|style='background: #ffffe6; |177

|11.80%

|14.70%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |22.69%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|805

|554

|style='background: #ffffe6; |557

|83.33%

|79.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |71.41%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|1

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.10%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|23

|6

|style='background: #ffffe6; |9

|2.38%

|0.86%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.15%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|23

|32

|style='background: #ffffe6; |34

|2.38%

|4.61%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.36%

|-

|Total

|966

|694

|style='background: #ffffe6; |780

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

As of the census