Florence vs Saddlebrooke

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

Florence and Saddlebrooke 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 12,616 in Saddlebrooke). Saddlebrooke has the higher median household income ($90,888 vs $76,259 in Florence). Saddlebrooke has the higher median home value ($471,700 vs $322,600 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
Population	25,961	12,616
Median age	43.0 yrs	71.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,259	$90,888
Median home value	$322,600	$471,700
Median gross rent	$1,163	$2,645
Housing units	7,552	7,280
Homeownership rate	86.0%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
Population	26,420 → 25,961 (-1.7%)	10,945 → 12,616 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$49,534 → $76,259 (+54.0%)	$80,154 → $90,888 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $322,600 (+110.2%)	$361,600 → $471,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,163 (+41.1%)	$1,659 → $2,645 (+59.4%)

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

Saddlebrooke

Population

10,94512,616

Median household income

$80,154$90,888

Median home value

$361,600$471,700

Median gross rent

$1,659$2,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
Under 5	2.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	4.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	1.2%
25 to 34	19.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	18.7%	4.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	3.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	34.2%
75 and over	7.9%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	9.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	1.1%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
No high school diploma	19.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
Drove alone	62.1%	60.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	33.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
1-unit, detached	68.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Saddlebrooke
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.32	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	2004	2005