Brent vs Pensacola

A side-by-side comparison of Brent and Pensacola: population, income, housing, and more.

Brent and Pensacola are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pensacola has the higher population (54,011 vs 23,441 in Brent). Pensacola has the higher median household income ($72,699 vs $45,708 in Brent). Pensacola has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $121,100 in Brent).

Population, income & housing

	Brent	Pensacola
Population	23,441	54,011
Median age	25.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,708	$72,699
Median home value	$121,100	$276,500
Median gross rent	$1,074	$1,209
Housing units	8,314	27,837
Homeownership rate	50.3%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brent	Pensacola
Population	22,337 → 23,441 (+4.9%)	52,642 → 54,011 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$39,549 → $45,708 (+15.6%)	$50,493 → $72,699 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $121,100 (+47.5%)	$182,800 → $276,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,074 (+22.7%)	$954 → $1,209 (+26.7%)

Brent

Population

22,33723,441

Median household income

$39,549$45,708

Median home value

$82,100$121,100

Median gross rent

$875$1,074

Pensacola

Population

52,64254,011

Median household income

$50,493$72,699

Median home value

$182,800$276,500

Median gross rent

$954$1,209

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brent	Pensacola
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	26.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.3%
75 and over	4.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brent	Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	65.8%
Black or African American	32.6%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brent	Pensacola
No high school diploma	15.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brent	Pensacola
Drove alone	52.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	11.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.3%	15.2%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brent	Pensacola
1-unit, detached	59.4%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brent	Pensacola
Poverty rate	24.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1974	1972