Gulf Breeze vs Wallace

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

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

Gulf Breeze has the higher population (6,519 vs 3,965 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($115,216 vs $108,575 in Gulf Breeze). Gulf Breeze has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $377,600 in Wallace).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
Population	6,519	3,965
Median age	50.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,575	$115,216
Median home value	$484,800	$377,600
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,394
Housing units	3,118	1,353
Homeownership rate	77.7%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
Population	6,546 → 6,519 (-0.4%)	2,467 → 3,965 (+60.7%)
Median household income	$92,267 → $108,575 (+17.7%)	$90,139 → $115,216 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$371,600 → $484,800 (+30.5%)	$292,900 → $377,600 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,246 (-15.4%)	—

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

Wallace

Population

2,4673,965

Median household income

$90,139$115,216

Median home value

$292,900$377,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
Under 5	3.5%	11.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	2.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.5%
75 and over	11.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	71.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.1%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.3%
High school graduate	10.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
Drove alone	66.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	12.2%
Other means	4.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
1-unit, detached	71.1%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Breeze	Wallace
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1973	2011