Gulf Breeze vs Pace

A side-by-side comparison of Gulf Breeze and Pace: population, income, housing, and more.

Gulf Breeze and Pace are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pace has the higher population (25,630 vs 6,519 in Gulf Breeze). Gulf Breeze has the higher median household income ($108,575 vs $84,912 in Pace). Gulf Breeze has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $271,400 in Pace).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
Population	6,519	25,630
Median age	50.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,575	$84,912
Median home value	$484,800	$271,400
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,195
Housing units	3,118	9,452
Homeownership rate	77.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
Population	6,546 → 6,519 (-0.4%)	22,860 → 25,630 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$92,267 → $108,575 (+17.7%)	$70,292 → $84,912 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$371,600 → $484,800 (+30.5%)	$186,000 → $271,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,246 (-15.4%)	$1,092 → $1,195 (+9.4%)

Gulf Breeze

Population

6,5466,519

Median household income

$92,267$108,575

Median home value

$371,600$484,800

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,246

Pace

Population

22,86025,630

Median household income

$70,292$84,912

Median home value

$186,000$271,400

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
Under 5	3.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	2.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.2%
75 and over	11.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	10.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
Drove alone	66.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	12.5%
Other means	4.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
1-unit, detached	71.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Breeze	Pace
Poverty rate	3.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1973	1995