Florence vs Timmonsville

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

Florence and Timmonsville 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 2,153 in Timmonsville). Florence has the higher median household income ($56,433 vs $32,736 in Timmonsville). Florence has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $88,000 in Timmonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Timmonsville
Population	40,205	2,153
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,433	$32,736
Median home value	$189,800	$88,000
Median gross rent	$922	$826
Housing units	19,244	1,181
Homeownership rate	59.7%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Timmonsville
Population	38,487 → 40,205 (+4.5%)	2,412 → 2,153 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$49,525 → $56,433 (+13.9%)	$28,576 → $32,736 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $189,800 (+19.7%)	$67,200 → $88,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $922 (+18.2%)	$684 → $826 (+20.8%)

Florence

Population

38,48740,205

Median household income

$49,525$56,433

Median home value

$158,600$189,800

Median gross rent

$780$922

Timmonsville

Population

2,4122,153

Median household income

$28,576$32,736

Median home value

$67,200$88,000

Median gross rent

$684$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Timmonsville
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.7%
75 and over	7.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Timmonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	12.2%
Black or African American	49.5%	82.7%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Timmonsville
No high school diploma	10.6%	22.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Timmonsville
Drove alone	78.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Timmonsville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Timmonsville
Poverty rate	18.1%	36.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1982	1980