Is Woodlawn Beach a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. Health is its strong suit: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country. Overall, Woodlawn Beach earns a B−, better than half of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 163rd of 634 in Florida. Schools are a strength too: its schools rank ahead of 80% of Florida towns. Where it falls short is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $404K, 5.3 years of the Pensacola metro’s $76K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. The town’s median rent is $2,342 a month, where Florida’s towns sit at $1,647 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
How Woodlawn Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Woodlawn Beach is from typical.
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What makes Woodlawn Beach stand out
Where Woodlawn Beach beats most towns.
Woodlawn Beach has grown 54% from 2010 to 2020
1,785 counted in 2010 and 2,741 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodlawn Beach.
Woodlawn Beach has less no health insurance than most of Florida, pairs an A− for schools with high home prices and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
For health, Woodlawn Beach earns an A
Its widest gap with Florida is no health insurance: 8.6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 5,254 U.S. towns with household incomes like Woodlawn Beach’s, it is healthier than 65%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in Woodlawn Beach, the share who have obesity is 30%. The town does better than the Florida average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 1. Among adults locally, 9.9% have diabetes and 15% say their health is fair or poor.
| Woodlawn Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Woodlawn Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 16.8% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Woodlawn Beach earns an A−
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $404K.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Santa Rosa school district. Woodlawn Beach’s only public school teaches 882 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Beach Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 882 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Woodlawn Beach has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Since 1995, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Woodlawn Beach. FEMA puts 67% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 13% to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodlawn Beach’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Pensacola (15%), Midway (7%) and Navarre (7%). Most people who work leave Woodlawn Beach to do it: just 3% work in town. This Florida town had 380 jobs in 2023, up 259 from 2013. The median household income for Woodlawn Beach comes to $123,000.
| Woodlawn Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Woodlawn Beach
The Pensacola Forest Sherman Nas weather station, 19 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, 19 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.
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 44° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Woodlawn Beach keeps 7.3% of its land conserved
Woodlawn Beach’s density of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile. 1.0 miles of trail.
| Woodlawn Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, more of Woodlawn Beach’s households own their home
On the market in Woodlawn Beach: a median 53 days to sell. The median sale price was $437,000 in September 2026. Homes in Woodlawn Beach sold for 97.9% of their list price on average.
| Woodlawn Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,342 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 98% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Woodlawn Beach
Gulf Islands National Seashore and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodlawn Beach. Close and well known come first.
in town National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
18 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
20 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
19 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museumin town Zoo & aquariumGulf Breeze Zoo
18 mi LandmarkFort BarrancasPhoto 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 Woodlawn Beach: who provides what
Woodlawn Beach 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.
97% of working residents leave Woodlawn Beach for work
Where Woodlawn Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodlawn Beach
About 3 of every 100 Woodlawn Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Woodlawn Beach
Place in Florida, United States
Woodlawn Beach is a census-designated place on the Santa Rosa Sound in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States surrounded by the older Midway CDP. The population was 2,741 at the 2020 census, and it is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Woodlawn Beach lies south of U.S. Highway 98 between Nantahala Beach Road (CR 191C) and Conover Cove. The area includes the Woodlawn Beach Middle School, Woodlawn Beach Boat Ramp, and Gulf Breeze Zoo. Citizens of Woodlawn Beach often consider themselves to be part of the larger communities of Navarre or Gulf Breeze. The ZIP Code for Woodlawn Beach is 32563.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.6 sq mi
- Area code
- 850
Woodlawn Beach’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Woodlawn Beach.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Beach | #163 | B− | D | — | A− | A |
| Midway | #168 | B− | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Tiger Point | #20 | A− | C | — | A− | A |
Woodlawn Beach, Midway and Tiger Point report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Woodlawn Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodlawn Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodlawn Beach, FL a good place to live?
Woodlawn Beach grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #163 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Woodlawn Beach, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $404,000, 8% 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 D.
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