Ferry Pass vs West Pensacola

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

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

Ferry Pass has the higher population (30,467 vs 20,679 in West Pensacola). Ferry Pass has the higher median household income ($64,368 vs $38,641 in West Pensacola). Ferry Pass has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $109,800 in West Pensacola).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
Population	30,467	20,679
Median age	36.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,368	$38,641
Median home value	$243,600	$109,800
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,086
Housing units	13,651	10,221
Homeownership rate	46.8%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
Population	32,376 → 30,467 (-5.9%)	21,056 → 20,679 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$49,517 → $64,368 (+30.0%)	$35,068 → $38,641 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $243,600 (+62.6%)	$65,900 → $109,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,322 (+31.9%)	$873 → $1,086 (+24.4%)

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

West Pensacola

Population

21,05620,679

Median household income

$35,068$38,641

Median home value

$65,900$109,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
Under 5	5.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	41.8%
Black or African American	19.4%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
No high school diploma	8.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
Drove alone	75.2%	65.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.3%	4.7%
Walked	5.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.4%
Other means	2.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
1-unit, detached	51.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	11.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Ferry Pass	West Pensacola
Poverty rate	13.3%	25.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1985	1963