Photo: Tony the Marine · CC BY-SA 3.0Florence has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Florence grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 3,548 jobs in Florence, against 6,283 working residents. For 28% of workers, the job is at home (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Florence apart on work
Florence’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Florence is Phoenix, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (1,477) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Florence is services
92% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Florence
29% of Florence workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Time on the road ↓
Florence workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Florence: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Florence is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #69 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate holds Florence’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Florence could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many miles Florence commutes
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most jobs in Florence are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 4,478 → 3,548. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Florence’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,159 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Florence, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,744 residents head out to work, 539 work right here, and 3,009 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Florence on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Phoenix
Where Florence clocks in
24% of workers
10% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Florence, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florence is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #90 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,819 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Florence households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Florence’s commuters take a bus or train.
Florence next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000: 1,233rd of 1,516 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Anthem AZ | 22,584 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 457 | New River AZ | 18,240 | $134K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 677 | Fountain Hills AZ | 23,625 | $113K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,231 | Bell CA | 31,625 | $61K | 21.6% | 6.9% | 4% | C |
| 1,232 | Bangor ME | 32,518 | $60K | 17.9% | 4.1% | 53% | C |
| 1,233 | Florence AZ | 25,222 | $80K | 6.9% | 6.6% | 9% | C |
| 1,234 | Maywood CA | 23,600 | $61K | 19.4% | 7.8% | 3% | C |
| 1,235 | Oakdale CA | 23,246 | $83K | 14.8% | 10.2% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Florence, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Next door to Florence
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florence workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | – | C | C+ | 31 min | $79,644 |
| San Tan Valley | under 2% | B | C | 36 min | $96,713 |
| Coolidge | under 2% | D | B− | 25 min | $67,023 |
| Blackwater | under 2% | — | D− | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Florence’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Florence: questions
What is the median household income in Florence?
$79,644 (±$12,538) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence?
6.9%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (24%, 52 mi), Mesa (10%, 29 mi), Tempe (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence walkable?
Florence is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florence
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.