Ferry PassFL
A town of 30,053, settled in 1874.
Is Ferry Pass a good place to live?
Ferry Pass is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 473rd of 634 in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 61% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $260K for a typical one and 3.4 times the Pensacola metro’s $76K median household income. Ferry Pass is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Ferry Pass is home to University of West Florida. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top.
What makes Ferry Pass stand out
Where Ferry Pass beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| University of West Florida | 7,294 |
11% of Ferry Pass is in college
How Ferry Pass grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Ferry Pass is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Fort Pickens and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ferry Pass. Close and well known come first.
15 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
17 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
14 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
10 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
14 mi LandmarkFort Barrancas24 mi BeachOno IslandPhoto credits
Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Ferry Pass: who provides what
Ferry Pass is unincorporated, so Escambia County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ferry Pass.
Ferry Pass draws workers from Pensacola and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
About one in three of Ferry Pass’ working residents commute to Pensacola
21,338 jobs are based in Ferry Pass, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Most working residents leave Ferry Pass for work: only 15% work in town. At 22 minutes, Ferry Pass’ average trip to work is below both Florida’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Ferry Pass grew to 21,338 in 2023, 2,902 more than in 2013.
| Ferry Pass | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ferry Pass’ schools rank behind 83% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Escambia school district. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Pass Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 897 | C− |
| Escambia County Acceleration AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 205 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Ferry Pass faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Since 1979, 107 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ferry Pass.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More young adults than Florida overall
Only 47% of households own their home, against 67.6% across Florida.
On this, Ferry Pass is where Florida’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Adults 18 to 34 are 30% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 31% of residents (38% statewide). Ferry Pass’ median age is 36.9 years.
| Ferry Pass | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.3, men 36.1.
| Ferry Pass | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.9% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.6% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.1% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Ferry Pass, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 277 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Florida places with climate records. The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 56 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 85% of Florida places with climate records.
Ferry Pass has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Ferry Pass is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ferry Pass’ grade for health is a B
Against the 9,329 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ferry Pass’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
21% of Ferry Pass adults have been diagnosed with depression. Ferry Pass beats the Florida average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 35% of Ferry Pass adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Ferry Pass | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ferry Pass | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.1% | 16.8% |
| More adults with depression | 20.5% | 17.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Ferry Pass
Just 16 of its 13,478 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Ferry Pass itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.8 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Ferry Pass | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Regency Park | — | 11 |
| 2. Raines Terrace Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Multipurpose Fields | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Ferry Pass sell for about $246K
47% of households own their home in Ferry Pass.
| Ferry Pass | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 47% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,383 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 55% | 59% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ferry Pass
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ferry Pass
About 11 of every 100 Ferry Pass residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Every workday, about 19,481 people come to Ferry Pass for work
Where Ferry Pass’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ferry Pass
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Ferry Pass is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. It is considered to be a community within Pensacola. It is a principal community in the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located north of Pensacola city limits. The population was 29,921 at the 2020 United States census, up from 28,921 at the 2010 United States census. The University of West Florida, located in Ferry Pass, is the only university located in the Pensacola metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 131 ft
Ferry Pass’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Ferry Pass.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Pass | #473 | C− | C | — | C− | B |
| Pensacola | #333 | C | C | B+ | C− | B |
| Ensley | #556 | D | C+ | — | C− | C |
| Brent | #468 | C− | B | — | C− | C− |
Ferry Pass, Ensley and Brent report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ferry Pass with a neighbor →
Questions about Ferry Pass
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ferry Pass, FL a good place to live?
Ferry Pass grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #473 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ferry Pass, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $260,000, 31% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.