Photo: RhymesWithAlbatross · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Florence has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 29,799 people come in to work
About one in five stay in Florence for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (8%, 13 miles). Employers in Florence report 32,491 jobs for 15,732 working residents. Florence grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Florence, in brief
Florence is where the jobs are
Florence has 32,491 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 51,000 people are in town, 49% more than the 34,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Florence’s commute
The biggest draw, Cincinnati, OH, gets only 8% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Florence residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Florence draws workers from far and wide
The 32,491 jobs in Florence are filled from a wide area. Florence’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Florence residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
The four measures behind Florence’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Florence is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #37 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Florence’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,003, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Florence could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who commutes out of Florence, and who commutes in
On a workday 13,040 residents head out to work and 2,692 work right here.
About 51,000 people are in Florence on a workday afternoon, 49% more 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.
Where Florence’s workforce comes from
Where Florence clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The commute from Florence, by distance
About 18% 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.
The kinds of work in Florence
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 26,842 → 32,491. 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.
The trip to work from Florence: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,496 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% 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.
Few in Florence walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florence is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #59 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,367 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Florence households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Florence’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,255 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 46,000, Florence comes 646th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Jeffersontown KY | 29,193 | $82K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Independence KY | 30,198 | $102K | 8.8% | 4.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 644 | Glen Cove NY | 28,190 | $92K | 13.5% | 4.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 645 | Grant Township IL | 28,636 | $96K | 10.1% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 646 | Florence KY | 34,018 | $71K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 647 | Cutler Bay FL | 44,750 | $89K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 648 | Orangevale CA | 35,958 | $100K | 10.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 782 | Georgetown KY | 40,883 | $80K | 12.1% | 4.2% | 29% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Kentucky.
The towns around Florence
The biggest share goes to Erlanger (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$71,003 (±$3,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence?
9.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (8%, 13 mi), Covington (4%, 8 mi), Hebron (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence walkable?
Florence is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florence without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.