Myrtle Grove vs West Pensacola

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

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

West Pensacola has the higher population (20,679 vs 16,637 in Myrtle Grove). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($63,011 vs $38,641 in West Pensacola). Myrtle Grove has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $109,800 in West Pensacola).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
Population	16,637	20,679
Median age	31.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,011	$38,641
Median home value	$182,600	$109,800
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,086
Housing units	7,457	10,221
Homeownership rate	55.9%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
Population	16,875 → 16,637 (-1.4%)	21,056 → 20,679 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$47,941 → $63,011 (+31.4%)	$35,068 → $38,641 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $182,600 (+61.3%)	$65,900 → $109,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)	$873 → $1,086 (+24.4%)

Myrtle Grove

Population

16,87516,637

Median household income

$47,941$63,011

Median home value

$113,200$182,600

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,278

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)

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
Under 5	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	14.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	21.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.2%
75 and over	4.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	41.8%
Black or African American	16.5%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	3.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
No high school diploma	11.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
Drove alone	65.8%	65.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.8%	4.7%
Walked	11.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.4%
Other means	2.4%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
1-unit, detached	63.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Grove	West Pensacola
Poverty rate	14.5%	25.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1980	1963