One downside of living in Florence is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Florence, the average commute to work is 35.10 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Florence is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Florence who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.92% of the adults in Florence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $32,934, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,736 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Florence is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Florence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Florence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Florence also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 41.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florence include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
