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Florence, AL

41,701 Population
26.6 square miles 1,569.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,735 ±$1,790 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $35,173 ±$1,036
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$52,174 ±$3,040 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $61,891 ±$1,883
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

17.9% ±2.5% (6,945  ±956) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 14.2% 21,247 (±1.1% / ±1,610)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

18.7 minutes ±1.1 (324,365  ±26,301) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 24.6 1,586,830 (±0.9 / ±66,881)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

17,745 ±521 Number of households
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 63,559 ±722
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.2 ±0.1 (38,821  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.4 150,378 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

3.9% ±1.6% (454  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 4.7% † 1,664 (±0.9% / ±328)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

20,139 ±474 Number of housing units
  • the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 72,976 ±95
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$196,300 ±$14,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: $187,400 ±$5,606
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

21.8% ±2.8% (8,988  ±1,144.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 13.5% 20,598 (±1.3% / ±2,033.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

91.7% ±3.9% (24,380  ±1,207.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 89.4% 95,388 (±2.2% / ±2,395.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
34.5% ±2.6% (9,175  ±719.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 26.7% 28,471 (±1.2% / ±1,251.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±0.8% (1,759  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 2.2% 3,430
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

6.1% ±1.1% (2,072  ±369) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area: 6.9% 8,440 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
2,072 Total veterans ±369 1,952 Male ±371 120 Female ±73

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