Florence is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,196 people and two associated neighborhoods, Florence is the 797th largest community in Texas. Florence real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Florence house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Florence is a blue-collar town, with 39.10% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Florence is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florence who work in office and administrative support (18.33%), management occupations (9.78%), and food service (4.48%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Florence, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 percentage of adults in Florence with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.65% of adults in Florence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $31,902, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,608 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 33.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florence include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
