It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Florence has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Florence has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Florence than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Florence may be for you.
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.
In terms of college education, Florence is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.08% of adults 25 and older in Florence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $26,640, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,560 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Florence is a very 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 Asian. Florence also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florence include Irish, German, English, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Vietnamese.
