Ferry Pass vs Pensacola

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

Ferry Pass 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 30,467 in Ferry Pass). Pensacola has the higher median household income ($72,699 vs $64,368 in Ferry Pass). Pensacola has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $243,600 in Ferry Pass).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
Population	30,467	54,011
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,368	$72,699
Median home value	$243,600	$276,500
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,209
Housing units	13,651	27,837
Homeownership rate	46.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
Population	32,376 → 30,467 (-5.9%)	52,642 → 54,011 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$49,517 → $64,368 (+30.0%)	$50,493 → $72,699 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $243,600 (+62.6%)	$182,800 → $276,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,322 (+31.9%)	$954 → $1,209 (+26.7%)

Ferry Pass

Population

32,37630,467

Median household income

$49,517$64,368

Median home value

$149,800$243,600

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,322

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)

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.3%
75 and over	10.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	65.8%
Black or African American	19.4%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
Drove alone	75.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	5.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.6%	15.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
1-unit, detached	51.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	11.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferry Pass	Pensacola
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1985	1972