Florence vs Johnsonville

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

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

Florence has the higher population (40,205 vs 1,037 in Johnsonville). Florence has the higher median household income ($56,433 vs $47,891 in Johnsonville). Florence has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $118,500 in Johnsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Johnsonville
Population	40,205	1,037
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,433	$47,891
Median home value	$189,800	$118,500
Median gross rent	$922	$838
Housing units	19,244	521
Homeownership rate	59.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Johnsonville
Population	38,487 → 40,205 (+4.5%)	1,395 → 1,037 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$49,525 → $56,433 (+13.9%)	$47,614 → $47,891 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $189,800 (+19.7%)	$99,800 → $118,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $922 (+18.2%)	$738 → $838 (+13.6%)

Florence

Population

38,48740,205

Median household income

$49,525$56,433

Median home value

$158,600$189,800

Median gross rent

$780$922

Johnsonville

Population

1,3951,037

Median household income

$47,614$47,891

Median home value

$99,800$118,500

Median gross rent

$738$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Johnsonville
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.7%
75 and over	7.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Johnsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	70.1%
Black or African American	49.5%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Johnsonville
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Johnsonville
Drove alone	78.2%	94.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	0.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Johnsonville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Johnsonville
Poverty rate	18.1%	26.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1982	1975