Detroit vs Florence

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

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

Detroit has the higher population (31 vs 12 in Florence). Florence has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $74,200 in Detroit). Since 2019, Detroit's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -81.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Florence
Population	31	12
Median age	57.2 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$26,250
Median home value	$74,200	$75,000
Housing units	23	29
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Florence
Population	28 → 31 (+10.7%)	66 → 12 (-81.8%)
Median household income	—	$30,625 → $26,250 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $74,200 (+17.2%)	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)

Detroit

Population

2831

Median home value

$63,300$74,200

Florence

Population

6612

Median household income

$30,625$26,250

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Florence
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	16.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	25.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	32.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	58.3%
75 and over	3.2%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Florence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Florence
No high school diploma	48.3%	30.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Florence
Drove alone	93.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Florence
1-unit, detached	87.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Florence
Poverty rate	19.4%	25.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1956	1948