WallaceFL
A town of 4,202, settled in 1904.
Is Wallace a good place to live?
Wallace grades A− overall, 31st among Florida's 634 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country and the median household earns $116K. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Wallace’s average commute is 44 minutes, against 27 minutes in Florida’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
What makes Wallace stand out
Where Wallace beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Wallace has grown 117% from 2010 to 2020
1,785 counted in 2010 and 3,868 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Wallace grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Wallace is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wallace: who provides what
Wallace 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 Wallace.
Wallace has less food insecurity than most of Florida, sends most of its workers to Pensacola and beyond and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Wallace keeps 1% of its land conserved
Wallace’s trail density stands at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Wallace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wallace’s public schools outperform 80% of Florida districts
The public schools here belong to the Santa Rosa school district. Its one school is below. Wallace’s only public school teaches 1,061 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Lake K-8Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,061 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Wallace stands out in Florida and nationally, with fewer of its adults who get no exercise outside work
Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 7% of its 2,888 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide.
Of 31 CDC measures, Wallace beats the Florida average on 15 and trails it on 1. In Wallace, 17% of adults binge drink. Two figures for adults in the town: 7% worry about having enough food, 14% say their health is fair or poor.
| Wallace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Wallace | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 16.8% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 12.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.4% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Wallace is hurricanes, at a very high overall level
Expected losses in Wallace break down as 59% from hurricanes and 22% from inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid out on 3 claims here since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For most of its workers, the job is outside Wallace
Wallace has 260 jobs for its 1,728 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 43.6 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
2.4% of working residents work locally in Wallace. Since 2013, Wallace has added 119 jobs, to 260 in 2023. The median commute is under 13 miles. The top destinations are Pensacola (19%), Milton (9%) and Ferry Pass (8%).
| Wallace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Wallace’s year
The Milton Exp Stn weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 241 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 80% of Florida places with climate records. January nights average 41°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 91% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 91.1°.
Wallace’s peak summer temperature comes in at 91°F. It almost never snows.
| Wallace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Wallace sells for about $350K
The share of households in Wallace who own their home: 92%. Homes sold in Wallace spent a median 21 days on the market. In Wallace, the typical sale closed at 99.5% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fort Pickens and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wallace. Close and well known come first.
25 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
27 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
23 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
21 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
23 mi LandmarkFort Barrancas32 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 Wallace
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wallace
About 5 of every 100 Wallace residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
98% of working residents leave Wallace for work
Where Wallace’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Wallace
Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
Wallace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. Its population was 3,868 at the 2020 census, and it is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
- Elevation
- 180 ft
- Area code
- 850
Wallace’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Wallace.
Wallace and Pace report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wallace with a neighbor →
Questions about Wallace
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wallace, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wallace grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #31 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Wallace, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $401,000, 7% 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+.