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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-WEST-PENSACOLA-FL ยท West Pensacola, FL 20,679 pop ยท income 7th 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 West Pensacola
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Pensacola on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dellwood ยท lowest
38,625
Dellwood ยท lowest
38,625 median HH income
38.6% of the leader ยท rank #1
Fort Gaines ยท near
38,636
Fort Gaines ยท near
38,636 median HH income
38.7% of the leader ยท rank #2
Petersburg ยท near
38,636
Petersburg ยท near
38,636 median HH income
38.7% of the leader ยท rank #3
Mount Vernon ยท near
38,639
Mount Vernon ยท near
38,639 median HH income
38.7% of the leader ยท rank #4
West Pensacola ยท this city
38,641
West Pensacola ยท this city
38,641 median HH income
38.7% of the leader ยท rank #5
Ivalee ยท near
38,650
Ivalee ยท near
38,650 median HH income
38.7% of the leader ยท rank #6
Hunters Creek ยท highest
99,942
Hunters Creek ยท highest
99,942 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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 West Pensacola 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: 20,679.
West Pensacola ranks in the 7th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
7th
percentile, household income
13th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: West Pensacola, FL
West Pensacola is a small city in Florida, home to 20,679 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in West Pensacola report a median income of $38,641 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 19.3%. Home values in West Pensacola run a median of $109,800, and the median resident age is 37.8 years. 14.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.4% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in West Pensacola report an average commute of 22.0 minutes, with 65.9% driving alone and 8.4% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of West Pensacola'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Pensacola, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for West Pensacola?
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.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Groveland (20,621 residents, $92,258 income); Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) (20,745 residents, $90,662 income); Fort Walton Beach (20,956 residents, $66,556 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Forest Lake, MN (20,678 residents); Northfield, MN (20,678 residents); Tullahoma, TN (20,672 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.
What does the journey to work look like in West Pensacola?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.0 minutes.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in West Pensacola?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 19.3% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score ยท West Pensacola, FL
15/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
19.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$38,641
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
West Pensacola profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) ยท 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 19/100 (F) ยท 14.7%
Poverty rate: 15/100 (F) ยท 19.3%
Household income: 5/100 (F) ยท $38,641
How does West Pensacola compare to other US cities?
Here's how West Pensacola stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income7% higher than other cities
Home value13% pricier 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 West Pensacola 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 West Pensacola near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Pensacola ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Pensacola only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#858 of 903
5th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#838 of 894
6th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#132 of 930
85th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#730 of 930
21st 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
7th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How West Pensacola's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$109,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 87% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
West Pensacola's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#5,815 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#695 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000โ49,999)
At 2.8ร, West Pensacola sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,815 of 15,516 and #695 of 3,317small cities (10,000โ49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$38,641West Pensacola, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Pensacola, 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 West Pensacola, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,679
Median Income
$38,641
Median Home Value
$109,800
Median Age
37.8
Poverty Rate
19.3%
Labor force participation
53.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.0 minutes
Drive Alone
65.9%
Carpool
12.8%
Public Transit
4.7%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
8.4%
Other
7.0%
Based on 8,668 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 West Pensacola. 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 West Pensacola 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 West Pensacola sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Pensacola 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.