Overall, Florence’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One downside of living in Florence, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.46 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Florence does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Florence are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.56% of adults in Florence having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $31,997, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,988 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 43.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florence include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Florence's cultural character, accounting for 18.66% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
