It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Florence has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Florence has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Florence than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Florence may be for you.
One of the benefits of Florence is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.79 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Florence does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Florence who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.25% of the adults in Florence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $20,690, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,760 for a family of four. Florence also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Florence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Florence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Florence include German, Irish, Polish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
