Florence vs St. Florian

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

Florence and St. Florian 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 737 in St. Florian). St. Florian has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $50,396 in Florence). St. Florian has the higher median home value ($289,100 vs $174,100 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	St. Florian
Population	41,231	737
Median age	35.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,396	$56,250
Median home value	$174,100	$289,100
Median gross rent	$784	$564
Housing units	19,766	368
Homeownership rate	50.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	St. Florian
Population	40,309 → 41,231 (+2.3%)	470 → 737 (+56.8%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $50,396 (+24.4%)	$57,083 → $56,250 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $174,100 (+22.3%)	$172,600 → $289,100 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $784 (+21.9%)	$925 → $564 (-39.0%)

Florence

Population

40,30941,231

Median household income

$40,526$50,396

Median home value

$142,400$174,100

Median gross rent

$643$784

St. Florian

Population

470737

Median household income

$57,083$56,250

Median home value

$172,600$289,100

Median gross rent

$925$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	St. Florian
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	17.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	19.0%
75 and over	7.3%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	St. Florian
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	17.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	St. Florian
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	St. Florian
Drove alone	80.4%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	St. Florian
1-unit, detached	61.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Florence	St. Florian
Poverty rate	19.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1972	1989