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Florence, MS

4,696 Population
8.1 square miles 580.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,680 ±$4,782 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $34,708 ±$652
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$86,308 ±$17,196 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $61,644 ±$1,292
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

6.7% ±5.4% (314  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.7% 104,071 (±0.8% / ±4,634)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

31.5 minutes ±5.4 (71,090  ±8,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,201,435 (±0.3 / ±105,750)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

1,715 ±274 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 237,841 ±1,443
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.7 ±0.4 (4,673  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 588,004 (±0 / ±312)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

4% ±4.8% (40  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.6% 8,284 (±0.5% / ±760)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

1,860 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 271,927 ±257
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$230,800 ±$13,753 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $200,500 ±$3,987
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

13.6% ±6.2% (638  ±290.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.8% 71,502 (±0.6% / ±3,898.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

94.4% ±8.9% (2,718  ±425.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.4% 364,107 (±1.2% / ±5,068.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
21.8% ±6% (628  ±188.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.2% 132,446 (±0.7% / ±3,043)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.7% ±3.9% (282  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.8% 27,223 (±0.3% / ±1,266)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
282 Total veterans ±130 282 Male ±130 N/A Female ±14

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