Pensacola vs West Pensacola

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

Pensacola and West 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 20,679 in West Pensacola). Pensacola has the higher median household income ($72,699 vs $38,641 in West Pensacola). Pensacola has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $109,800 in West Pensacola).

Population, income & housing

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
Population	54,011	20,679
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,699	$38,641
Median home value	$276,500	$109,800
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,086
Housing units	27,837	10,221
Homeownership rate	63.5%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
Population	52,642 → 54,011 (+2.6%)	21,056 → 20,679 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$50,493 → $72,699 (+44.0%)	$35,068 → $38,641 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $276,500 (+51.3%)	$65,900 → $109,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,209 (+26.7%)	$873 → $1,086 (+24.4%)

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

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)

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
Under 5	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.2%
75 and over	8.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	41.8%
Black or African American	21.0%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
No high school diploma	7.3%	17.5%
High school graduate	19.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
Drove alone	72.9%	65.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.8%	4.7%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.2%
Worked from home	15.2%	8.4%
Other means	2.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
1-unit, detached	70.3%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Pensacola	West Pensacola
Poverty rate	12.4%	25.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1972	1963