Tiger PointFL
A town of 3,628.
Is Tiger Point a good place to live?
Tiger Point grades A− overall, ranked 20th of 634 in Florida, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools rank ahead of 80% of Florida towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. 54% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tiger Point, above both the Florida town median (31%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Tiger Point is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
What makes Tiger Point stand out
Where Tiger Point beats most towns.
How Tiger Point grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Tiger Point is from typical.
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Gulf Islands National Seashore and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tiger Point. Close and well known come first.
in town National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
15 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
17 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
15 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
15 mi LandmarkFort Barrancas27 mi BeachOno IslandPhoto credits
Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · 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 · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Tiger Point: who provides what
Tiger Point is unincorporated, so Santa Rosa 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 Tiger Point.
Tiger Point has less food insecurity than most of Florida, trades workers with Pensacola and other neighbors and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Tiger Point earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 6.7% of its 2,570 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide.
17% of Tiger Point adults get no exercise outside work. Tiger Point beats the Florida average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 6.7% of Tiger Point adults worry about having enough food.
| Tiger Point | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Tiger Point | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 16.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Tiger Point
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Tiger Point
The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station, 16 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, 16 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.
Tiger Point has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Tiger Point’s July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Tiger Point
Tiger Point has about as many jobs (1,382) as working residents, but only 42 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Tiger Point for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Tiger Point is $119,000. Jobs based in Tiger Point grew to 1,382 in 2023, 97 more than in 2013.
| Tiger Point | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 4.9% of Tiger Point
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Tiger Point Park, at 25 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tiger Point Park | — | 25 |
| 2. Soundside Reserve | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Tiger Point sells for about $386K at the median
87% of households own their home in Tiger Point.
| Tiger Point | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,165 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Tiger Point
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tiger Point
About 2 of every 100 Tiger Point residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Tiger Point
Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Tiger Point is a census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is considered to be a part of Gulf Breeze. The population was 3,342 at the 2020 census, up from 3,090 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 850
Tiger Point’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Tiger Point.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Point | #20 | A− | C | — | A− | A |
| Midway | #168 | B− | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Woodlawn Beach | #163 | B− | D | — | A− | A |
| Oriole Beach | — | — | B− | — | A− | A− |
Oriole Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Tiger Point, Midway, Woodlawn Beach and Oriole Beach report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tiger Point with a neighbor →
Questions about Tiger Point
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tiger Point, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Tiger Point grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #20 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Tiger Point, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $428,000, 14% above 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.