Florence vs Peabody

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

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

Peabody has the higher population (1,152 vs 537 in Florence). Peabody has the higher median household income ($52,539 vs $40,125 in Florence). Peabody has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $30,000 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Peabody
Population	537	1,152
Median age	56.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,125	$52,539
Median home value	$30,000	$73,800
Median gross rent	$827	$672
Housing units	341	514
Homeownership rate	63.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Peabody
Population	451 → 537 (+19.1%)	1,083 → 1,152 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$35,750 → $40,125 (+12.2%)	$45,135 → $52,539 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $30,000 (+0.0%)	$64,600 → $73,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$502 → $827 (+64.7%)	$522 → $672 (+28.7%)

Florence

Population

451537

Median household income

$35,750$40,125

Median home value

$30,000$30,000

Median gross rent

$502$827

Peabody

Population

1,0831,152

Median household income

$45,135$52,539

Median home value

$64,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$522$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Peabody
Under 5	5.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	10.6%
75 and over	12.7%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Peabody
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	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	6.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Peabody
No high school diploma	11.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Peabody
Drove alone	89.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Peabody
1-unit, detached	72.4%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Peabody
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	1959	1944