The overall crime rate in Florence is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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 36.46 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 education level of Florence citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.56% of adults in Florence have at least a bachelor's 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.
