Florence is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 24,795 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Florence is the 33rd largest community in Arizona. Florence has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Florence, where the median household income is $74,025.00.
Also of interest is that Florence has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Being a small town, Florence does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Florence rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.46% of adults 25 and older in Florence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $24,151, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,604 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Florence is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 34.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florence include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.