Brandon vs Florence

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

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

Brandon has the higher population (25,352 vs 4,647 in Florence). Brandon has the higher median household income ($93,073 vs $86,406 in Florence). Brandon has the higher median home value ($255,900 vs $207,400 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Florence
Population	25,352	4,647
Median age	42.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,073	$86,406
Median home value	$255,900	$207,400
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,037
Housing units	9,431	1,885
Homeownership rate	83.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Florence
Population	23,930 → 25,352 (+5.9%)	4,413 → 4,647 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$78,573 → $93,073 (+18.5%)	$62,552 → $86,406 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $255,900 (+40.7%)	$158,300 → $207,400 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,261 (+28.4%)	$971 → $1,037 (+6.8%)

Brandon

Population

23,93025,352

Median household income

$78,573$93,073

Median home value

$181,900$255,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,261

Florence

Population

4,4134,647

Median household income

$62,552$86,406

Median home value

$158,300$207,400

Median gross rent

$971$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Florence
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	26.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	19.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.1%
75 and over	8.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Florence
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	22.6%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Florence
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	17.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Florence
Drove alone	82.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	12.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Florence
1-unit, detached	84.2%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Florence
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1995	1999