Florence vs Flowood

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

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

Flowood has the higher population (10,384 vs 4,647 in Florence). Florence has the higher median household income ($86,406 vs $83,204 in Flowood). Flowood has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $207,400 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Flowood
Population	4,647	10,384
Median age	33.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,406	$83,204
Median home value	$207,400	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,037	$1,409
Housing units	1,885	4,620
Homeownership rate	71.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Flowood
Population	4,413 → 4,647 (+5.3%)	9,030 → 10,384 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$62,552 → $86,406 (+38.1%)	$65,191 → $83,204 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $207,400 (+31.0%)	$187,500 → $288,400 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,037 (+6.8%)	$1,147 → $1,409 (+22.8%)

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

Flowood

Population

9,03010,384

Median household income

$65,191$83,204

Median home value

$187,500$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Flowood
Under 5	5.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	26.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.5%
75 and over	3.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Flowood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	64.3%
Black or African American	10.1%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Flowood
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Flowood
Drove alone	70.2%	76.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.3%
Public transit	12.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Flowood
1-unit, detached	72.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	19.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Flowood
Poverty rate	11.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1999	2000