City safety & data profile

FlorenceAL

Florence, AL is a 40K-resident city in Lauderdale County with a median household income of $52,174.

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Florence, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Florence has a population larger than 73% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $196,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

40K
Population (place)
Top 27%
By size
$52,174
Median income (place)
$196,300
Median home (place)
17.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Florence

Florence posts a median household income higher than 12% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Florence area.

Bottom 13%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Florence

Where Florence income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,174 Bottom 12% higher than 12% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Florence $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AL

Population among 65 AL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Huntsville is the largest AL city on this list; Mountain Brook leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AL

Median household income among the same 65-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Mountain Brook posts the highest place-level median income in AL; Huntsville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Florence, AL beyond the headline numbers

Florence sits inside Lauderdale County, Alabama, at roughly 34.80°N, -87.68°W. Population 40,026, $52,174 median household income. Median home value $196,300, median rent $820. Poverty rate 17.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Florence, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

17.9% of Florence, AL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Florence costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 8.9% of Florence workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.3% in Florence, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Florence workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Florence's median age is 35.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Florence from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
40,026
Florence · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$52,174
-42% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$196,300
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lauderdale County): Florence's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
96K+3%
Median Income
$62,649+46%
Median Home Value
$200,300+75%
Poverty Rate
12.2%-29%
Unemployment
4%-56%

Economics

Economics indicators for Florence, AL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$820/mo
Poverty Rate
17.9% +44% vs avg
Unemployment 6.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.5%
Work From Home 8.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 72.1%
African American 16%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.7%
High Blood Pressure
40.3%
Obesity
37.6%
Physical Inactivity
29.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
19%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Diabetes
14%
Binge Drinking
13.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.5%
Annual Checkup 79.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
4.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
1
★
0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER
FLORENCE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Florence?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Florence right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AL-FLORENCE-AL · Florence

Florence: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Florence

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Florence.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Florence; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Alabama state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Florence, AL? ▼
Florence, AL has a population of 40,026 people, located in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
What is the median household income in Florence? ▼
The median household income in Florence, AL is $52,174 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.9%.
What is the median home value in Florence? ▼
The median home value in Florence, AL is $196,300. Median rent is $820/month.
What are the top health concerns in Florence? ▼
The top health indicators in Florence include Short Sleep Duration (42.7%), High Blood Pressure (40.3%), Obesity (37.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Florence? ▼
Florence has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Florence? ▼
The median age in Florence, AL is 35.1 years. 34.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Florence, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AL (17.9% here).

New York City, NY 17.9% Compton, CA 17.9% Tulare, CA 17.9% Bangor, ME 17.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AL ($52,174 here).

Galion, OH $52,176 Searcy, AR $52,170 Aberdeen, WA $52,195 Elizabeth City, NC $52,141

Compare Florence with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

East Florence, AL 36K Muscle Shoals, AL 14K Lawrenceburg, TN 11K Athens, AL 25K Decatur, AL 55K Hartselle, AL 14K Corinth, MS 15K Madison, AL 47K
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Using Florence's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Florence area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Florence against Alabama peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alabama

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lauderdale County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.