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 trip to work 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.
1% of Wallace is conserved land
8.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Wallace is 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
Its public schools are run by the Santa Rosa school district. Its one school is below.
| 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.
17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Wallace. Wallace beats the Florida average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of adults smoke cigarettes in Wallace.
| 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
Wallace faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Since 2020, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wallace.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of 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.
Most working residents leave Wallace for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Wallace has added 119 jobs, to 260 in 2023. 5.7% of Wallace residents live below the poverty line.
| 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
In Wallace, expect mild winters and hot summers
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 has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Wallace’s January low is 41°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| 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
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+.