Florence vs Santa Clara

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

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

Santa Clara has the higher population (10,623 vs 9,483 in Florence). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($82,530 vs $52,049 in Florence). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $331,100 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Santa Clara
Population	9,483	10,623
Median age	59.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,049	$82,530
Median home value	$331,100	$381,700
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,571
Housing units	5,315	4,625
Homeownership rate	63.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Santa Clara
Population	8,921 → 9,483 (+6.3%)	11,020 → 10,623 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,356 → $52,049 (+22.9%)	$70,048 → $82,530 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $331,100 (+47.6%)	$263,000 → $381,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,172 (+32.4%)	$1,317 → $1,571 (+19.3%)

Florence

Population

8,9219,483

Median household income

$42,356$52,049

Median home value

$224,300$331,100

Median gross rent

$885$1,172

Santa Clara

Population

11,02010,623

Median household income

$70,048$82,530

Median home value

$263,000$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Santa Clara
Under 5	2.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	22.5%	13.8%
75 and over	20.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	10.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Santa Clara
Drove alone	73.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	6.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	17.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	60.9%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1991	1969