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A town of 5,281. A regional job hub with 1,371 jobs.
Pensacola Station earns a D, 517th of 634 graded towns in Florida, mostly because of schools. Its public schools trail 83% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 97% of U.S. towns, with 7 places on the National Register. Pensacola Station’s average trip to work is 10 minutes, below both the Florida town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The typical home is worth about , years of the Pensacola metro’s $76K median household income. On walkability, just 27 of Florida’s 776 towns do better.
Where Pensacola Station beats most towns.
Fort Barrancas Historical DistrictWhere Pensacola Station’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Pensacola Station is from typical.
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Fort Barrancas Historical District is one of 2 National Historic Landmarks here, the National Register’s top tier.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pensacola Station. Close and well known come first.
2 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
in town MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
4 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
in town National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
in town LandmarkFort Barrancas12 mi BeachOno IslandFort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain
Pensacola Station 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Pensacola Station.
Pensacola Station draws workers from Pensacola and beyond, is mostly renters and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
1,371 jobs are based in Pensacola Station, 2.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 9.7 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Most working residents leave Pensacola Station for work: only 0% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Pensacola Station. The top destinations are Pensacola (6%), Tallahassee (5%) and Jacksonville (4%).
| Pensacola Station | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
2.4% of Pensacola Station adults have diabetes. Among 636 Florida towns, just 1 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Pensacola Station. 26% of Pensacola Station adults have obesity.
| Pensacola Station | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 2.4% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Pensacola Station | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1.3% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 2.4% | 13.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 27.4% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Pensacola Station | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ski Beach | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 18 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pensacola Station.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 277 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 87% of Florida places with climate records. The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station records that about 56 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 94% of Florida places with climate records.
Pensacola Station has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Pensacola Station’s July high is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pensacola Station
About 5 of every 100 Pensacola Station residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
4 places in Pensacola Station on the National Register of Historic Places.
One town shares a border with Pensacola Station.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensacola Station | #517 | D | D− | — | C− | A |
| Warrington | #560 | D | B− | — | C− | D |
Pensacola Station and Warrington report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pensacola Station with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pensacola Station grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #517 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
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