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SheetFL-PENSACOLA-STATION-FL · Pensacola Station, FL 4,993 pop · income 43rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Pensacola Station
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pensacola Station on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Wauchula · lowest
36,324
Wauchula · lowest
36,324 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #1
Pensacola Sta… · this city
65,000
Pensacola Sta… · this city
65,000 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #2
Athens · near
65,000
Athens · near
65,000 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #3
Sweet Water · near
65,000
Sweet Water · near
65,000 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #4
Graeagle · near
65,000
Graeagle · near
65,000 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #5
Carnesville · near
65,000
Carnesville · near
65,000 median HH income
43.6% of the leader · rank #6
Chain Lake · highest
148,932
Chain Lake · highest
148,932 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Pensacola Station on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,993.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Pensacola Station places in the 43rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
43rd
percentile, household income
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Pensacola Station, FL
Florida's Pensacola Station is a small town, with 4,993 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $65,000 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.7%. The median resident age is 21.0 years. Educational attainment runs 49.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 10.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). The average commute for Pensacola Station workers runs 8.5 minutes, with 28.4% driving alone and 12.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Pensacola Station's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pensacola Station, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Pensacola Station?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Naples Park (4,995 residents, $74,462 income); Winter Beach (4,995 residents, $99,886 income); Kenneth City (5,025 residents, $49,375 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Westport, MA (4,995 residents); Lake San Marcos, CA (4,996 residents); Ste. Genevieve, MO (4,996 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Pensacola Station?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Walking is the largest reported mode at 55.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 8.5 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 11.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Pensacola Station, FL
43/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A-
49.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$65,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Pensacola Station profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 49.4%
Household income: 42/100 (D) · $65,000
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.7%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Pensacola Station compare to other US cities?
Where Pensacola Station sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income43% higher than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pensacola Station against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Pensacola Station near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pensacola Station ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pensacola Station only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#507 of 903
44th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#287 of 930
69th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#147 of 930
84th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
43rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$65,000Pensacola Station, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pensacola Station, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Pensacola Station, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)10.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,993
Median Income
$65,000
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
21.0
Poverty Rate
11.7%
Labor force participation
10.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
8.5 minutes
Drive Alone
28.4%
Carpool
2.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
55.6%
Work from Home
12.5%
Other
1.5%
Based on 4,181 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Pensacola Station. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Pensacola Station is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Pensacola Station sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pensacola Station compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.