GonzalezFL
A town of 14,458, settled in 1910.
Is Gonzalez a good place to live?
Gonzalez grades C overall, 412th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $82K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 83% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $278K, 3.7 years of the Pensacola metro’s $76K median household income. Gonzalez’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both the Florida town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Ashton Brosnaham Park, 83 acres with 2 miles of trail.
96% of working residents leave Gonzalez for work
Where Gonzalez’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Gonzalez grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Gonzalez is from typical.
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Moving to Gonzalez: who provides what
Gonzalez 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 Gonzalez.
Gonzalez has less no health insurance than most of Florida, has more than doubled its jobs in ten years and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Conserved land covers 0.9% of Gonzalez
On this, Gonzalez is close to Florida’s towns (3%) and below U.S. towns (4.3%). 16 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ashton Brosnaham Park | 2 mi | 83 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Gonzalez earns a C− for schools
Its public schools are run by the Escambia school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is J. M. Tate Senior High School, with 2,169 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. C. Lipscomb Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 692 | A− |
| J. M. Tate Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,169 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Gonzalez
Since 1989, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gonzalez.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Gonzalez’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 1,527 in 2013 to 3,092.
Most working residents leave Gonzalez for work: only 4% work in town. 4.2% of Gonzalez residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Gonzalez has added 1,565 jobs, to 3,092 in 2023.
| Gonzalez | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 5% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Gonzalez, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station, 17 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 277 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 80% of Florida places with climate records. January nights average 41.6°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 90% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 91°.
Gonzalez has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Gonzalez is 42°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Gonzalez | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 42°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Gonzalez are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Florida is no health insurance: 9.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 15.9% statewide.
Gonzalez beats the Florida average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 21% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Gonzalez.
| Gonzalez | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Gonzalez | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 16.8% |
| More adults with depression | 20.7% | 17.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Younger than Florida overall
People 65 and older are 16% of residents (21% statewide); children under 18 are 24% of residents (20% statewide). Gonzalez’s median age is 38.7 years. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Gonzalez | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Gonzalez | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.7% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 28% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Gonzalez sell for about $293K
The median sale price was $293,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fort Pickens and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gonzalez. Close and well known come first.
18 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
20 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
17 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
16 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
17 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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Everything we know about Gonzalez
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Gonzalez
About 5 of every 100 Gonzalez residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Gonzalez
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Gonzalez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. Gonzalez is located north of Pensacola, and is considered to be within Cantonment. Tate High School, the largest public school in Escambia County, is located in the Gonzalez area. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 14,586, up from 13,273 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 151 ft
- ZIP code
- 32560
- Area code
- 850
Gonzalez’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Gonzalez.
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Questions about Gonzalez
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gonzalez, FL a good place to live?
Gonzalez grades C overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #412 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Gonzalez, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $278,000, 26% 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 B−.