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Florence, SC

40,205 Population
24.5 square miles 1,641.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,725 ±$2,257 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $31,324 ±$1,065
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$56,433 ±$4,010 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $53,874 ±$1,652
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

18.1% ±2.8% (7,205  ±1,102) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 18.9% 36,983 (±1.1% / ±2,220)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

18.7 minutes ±1 (299,085  ±24,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.8 1,808,565 (±0.7 / ±66,869)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

16,450 ±544 Number of households
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 77,596 ±884
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.1 (39,419  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.5 195,115 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

7.1% ±2.5% (664  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,665 (±1% / ±473)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

19,244 ±566 Number of housing units
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 91,063 ±65
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$189,800 ±$12,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $158,800 ±$5,459
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11.8% ±2.4% (4,678  ±940) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 8.9% 17,543 (±0.7% / ±1,433.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

89.4% ±4% (24,414  ±1,312.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 87.4% 118,623 (±2% / ±2,683.9)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
29.9% ±2.6% (8,173  ±739.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.4% 30,409 (±1% / ±1,307.9)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

4% ±0.9% (1,615  ±374) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.2% 4,427
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.6% ±1.2% (1,988  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 7% 10,642 (±0.4% / ±640)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,988 Total veterans ±357 1,840 Male ±353 148 Female ±92

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