Ensley vs Pensacola

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

Ensley 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 23,036 in Ensley). Pensacola has the higher median household income ($72,699 vs $58,264 in Ensley). Pensacola has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $198,700 in Ensley).

Population, income & housing

	Ensley	Pensacola
Population	23,036	54,011
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,264	$72,699
Median home value	$198,700	$276,500
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,209
Housing units	11,295	27,837
Homeownership rate	56.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ensley	Pensacola
Population	22,194 → 23,036 (+3.8%)	52,642 → 54,011 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$45,245 → $58,264 (+28.8%)	$50,493 → $72,699 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $198,700 (+74.3%)	$182,800 → $276,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,361 (+30.7%)	$954 → $1,209 (+26.7%)

Ensley

Population

22,19423,036

Median household income

$45,245$58,264

Median home value

$114,000$198,700

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,361

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)

	Ensley	Pensacola
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ensley	Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	27.8%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ensley	Pensacola
No high school diploma	11.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ensley	Pensacola
Drove alone	69.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.9%	15.2%
Other means	0.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ensley	Pensacola
1-unit, detached	58.7%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ensley	Pensacola
Poverty rate	17.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1989	1972