Florence vs Union

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

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

Florence has the higher population (32,334 vs 7,494 in Union). Union has the higher median household income ($139,013 vs $68,508 in Florence). Union has the higher median home value ($382,900 vs $196,200 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Union
Population	32,334	7,494
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,508	$139,013
Median home value	$196,200	$382,900
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,721
Housing units	14,637	2,569
Homeownership rate	59.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Union
Population	32,369 → 32,334 (-0.1%)	5,910 → 7,494 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$57,348 → $68,508 (+19.5%)	$125,051 → $139,013 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $196,200 (+27.7%)	$263,200 → $382,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,199 (+24.6%)	$1,814 → $1,721 (-5.1%)

Florence

Population

32,36932,334

Median household income

$57,348$68,508

Median home value

$153,700$196,200

Median gross rent

$962$1,199

Union

Population

5,9107,494

Median household income

$125,051$139,013

Median home value

$263,200$382,900

Median gross rent

$1,814$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Union
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.0%
75 and over	8.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Union
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Union
Drove alone	77.3%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	17.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Union
1-unit, detached	46.1%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Union
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.27	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1985	2005