In addition, Florence is a college town. There are a lot of students in Florence attending college, and as a result Florence provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Florence is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.05 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Florence is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.
The overall education level of Florence citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.10% of adults in Florence have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $29,129, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,516 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Florence include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
