Florence is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,704 people and four associated neighborhoods, Florence is the 72nd largest community in Mississippi. 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 $88,750.00.Florence is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Florence is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florence who work in office and administrative support (24.84%), sales jobs (11.76%), and healthcare (11.51%). 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. In Florence, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. 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%: 25.49% of adults in Florence have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $32,524, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,096 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Florence is a somewhat 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, Scots-Irish, German, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
