Florence is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,753 people and four associated neighborhoods, Florence is the 72nd largest community in Mississippi. Much of the housing stock in Florence was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Florence economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Florence, where the median household income is $86,406.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Florence is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Florence is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florence who work in office and administrative support (22.06%), healthcare (10.55%), and sales jobs (10.09%). 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 34.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In Florence, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Florence is a relatively small city. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The percentage of people in Florence who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.46% of adults in Florence have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $31,169, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,676 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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, Scots-Irish, German, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
