Florence vs Lexington

A side-by-side comparison of Florence and Lexington: population, income, housing, and more.

Florence and Lexington are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Florence has the higher population (41,231 vs 665 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($56,354 vs $50,396 in Florence). Lexington has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $174,100 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Lexington
Population	41,231	665
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,396	$56,354
Median home value	$174,100	$180,600
Median gross rent	$784	$693
Housing units	19,766	311
Homeownership rate	50.5%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Lexington
Population	40,309 → 41,231 (+2.3%)	912 → 665 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $50,396 (+24.4%)	$49,583 → $56,354 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $174,100 (+22.3%)	$115,400 → $180,600 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $784 (+21.9%)	$554 → $693 (+25.1%)

Florence

Population

40,30941,231

Median household income

$40,526$50,396

Median home value

$142,400$174,100

Median gross rent

$643$784

Lexington

Population

912665

Median household income

$49,583$56,354

Median home value

$115,400$180,600

Median gross rent

$554$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Lexington
Under 5	5.0%	13.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	17.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.4%
75 and over	7.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	17.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Lexington
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Lexington
Drove alone	80.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Lexington
1-unit, detached	61.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Lexington
Poverty rate	19.3%	19.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1972	1977