Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Florence
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. For jobs and income Florence is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 5% stay in Florence for work; outside it, Austin is the main destination (19%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Florence at work: what stands out
Florence’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Florence is Austin, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (110) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Florence workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Florence has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Florence went from 399 in 2013 to 592 in 2023, +48%. The jobs ↓
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; with 585 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Florence’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Florence’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Florence’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Florence could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where in the region Florence works
About 27% 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.
Time on the road from Florence: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Florence makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
592 jobs are based in Florence.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 592. 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.
In and out of Florence on a workday
On a workday 553 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Florence ends
Where Florence clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Driving is how Florence gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 479 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.9% of Florence households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Florence’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,671st of 4,866: where Florence ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,669 | Morningside MD | 1,232 | $69K | 21.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,670 | Ligonier PA | 1,462 | $71K | 8.9% | 3.9% | 11% | B− |
| 1,671 | Florence TX | 1,245 | $79K | 14.7% | 5.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,672 | Limestone Creek FL | 1,466 | $91K | 29.6% | 2.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,673 | McDade TX | 1,070 | $50K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Texas.
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?
$78,750 (±$27,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence?
14.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (19%, 38 mi), Georgetown (11%, 13 mi), Houston (5%, 161 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence walkable?
Florence is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% 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.