Florence vs Pearl

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

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

Pearl has the higher population (27,458 vs 4,647 in Florence). Florence has the higher median household income ($86,406 vs $54,643 in Pearl). Florence has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $170,900 in Pearl).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Pearl
Population	4,647	27,458
Median age	33.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,406	$54,643
Median home value	$207,400	$170,900
Median gross rent	$1,037	$1,152
Housing units	1,885	12,362
Homeownership rate	71.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Pearl
Population	4,413 → 4,647 (+5.3%)	26,461 → 27,458 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$62,552 → $86,406 (+38.1%)	$49,944 → $54,643 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $207,400 (+31.0%)	$120,700 → $170,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,037 (+6.8%)	$881 → $1,152 (+30.8%)

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

Pearl

Population

26,46127,458

Median household income

$49,944$54,643

Median home value

$120,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$881$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Pearl
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	18.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Pearl
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	59.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	29.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Pearl
No high school diploma	8.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Pearl
Drove alone	70.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.5%
Public transit	12.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Pearl
1-unit, detached	72.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	11.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Pearl
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1999	1981