Florence vs Gold Canyon

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

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

Florence has the higher population (25,961 vs 12,488 in Gold Canyon). Gold Canyon has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $76,259 in Florence). Gold Canyon has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $322,600 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Gold Canyon
Population	25,961	12,488
Median age	43.0 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,259	$85,833
Median home value	$322,600	$469,600
Median gross rent	$1,163	$1,213
Housing units	7,552	7,897
Homeownership rate	86.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Gold Canyon
Population	26,420 → 25,961 (-1.7%)	11,612 → 12,488 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$49,534 → $76,259 (+54.0%)	$75,518 → $85,833 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $322,600 (+110.2%)	$298,100 → $469,600 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,163 (+41.1%)	$1,013 → $1,213 (+19.7%)

Florence

Population

26,42025,961

Median household income

$49,534$76,259

Median home value

$153,500$322,600

Median gross rent

$824$1,163

Gold Canyon

Population

11,61212,488

Median household income

$75,518$85,833

Median home value

$298,100$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Gold Canyon
Under 5	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	6.8%	5.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	18.7%	4.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	31.3%
75 and over	7.9%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Gold Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	86.1%
Black or African American	9.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Gold Canyon
No high school diploma	19.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Gold Canyon
Drove alone	62.1%	66.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	22.3%	24.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Gold Canyon
1-unit, detached	68.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Gold Canyon
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2004	2002