Florence vs Rogersville

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

Florence and Rogersville 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 1,260 in Rogersville). Rogersville has the higher median household income ($63,164 vs $50,396 in Florence). Florence has the higher median home value ($174,100 vs $156,600 in Rogersville).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Rogersville
Population	41,231	1,260
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,396	$63,164
Median home value	$174,100	$156,600
Median gross rent	$784	$821
Housing units	19,766	646
Homeownership rate	50.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Rogersville
Population	40,309 → 41,231 (+2.3%)	1,424 → 1,260 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $50,396 (+24.4%)	$37,578 → $63,164 (+68.1%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $174,100 (+22.3%)	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $784 (+21.9%)	$669 → $821 (+22.7%)

Florence

Population

40,30941,231

Median household income

$40,526$50,396

Median home value

$142,400$174,100

Median gross rent

$643$784

Rogersville

Population

1,4241,260

Median household income

$37,578$63,164

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$669$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Rogersville
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.9%
75 and over	7.3%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Rogersville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	17.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Rogersville
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Rogersville
Drove alone	80.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.7%
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	Rogersville
1-unit, detached	61.6%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	9.3%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Rogersville
Poverty rate	19.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	34
Median year structure built	1972	1973