Florence vs Underwood-Petersville

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

Florence and Underwood-Petersville 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 3,049 in Underwood-Petersville). Florence has the higher median household income ($50,396 vs $43,000 in Underwood-Petersville). Florence has the higher median home value ($174,100 vs $118,900 in Underwood-Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
Population	41,231	3,049
Median age	35.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,396	$43,000
Median home value	$174,100	$118,900
Median gross rent	$784	$749
Housing units	19,766	1,468
Homeownership rate	50.5%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
Population	40,309 → 41,231 (+2.3%)	3,170 → 3,049 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $50,396 (+24.4%)	$50,701 → $43,000 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $174,100 (+22.3%)	$129,100 → $118,900 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $784 (+21.9%)	$812 → $749 (-7.8%)

Florence

Population

40,30941,231

Median household income

$40,526$50,396

Median home value

$142,400$174,100

Median gross rent

$643$784

Underwood-Petersville

Population

3,1703,049

Median household income

$50,701$43,000

Median home value

$129,100$118,900

Median gross rent

$812$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
Under 5	5.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.3%
75 and over	7.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	17.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
No high school diploma	9.2%	25.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
Drove alone	80.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.7%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
1-unit, detached	61.6%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Underwood-Petersville
Poverty rate	19.3%	16.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1972	1979