Census-designated place · Escambia County, Florida

Ferry Pass, Florida

Ferry Pass is a census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida, part of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area. It has 30,053 residents. Ferry Pass, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,117 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #612 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), comfortable days (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), injury deaths (high) and rent-burdened households (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,117 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #612 of 780 in FL
Population: 30,053 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 2,160.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1222275

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety12#13,820/15,637
Economy33#10,475/15,631
Housing9#13,559/14,977
Health30#10,862/15,609
Healthcare28#11,336/15,650
Environment24#11,791/15,453
Education56#6,914/15,649
Infrastructure70#4,743/15,650
Community23#12,065/15,651
Leisure & amenities62#5,931/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ferry Pass, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Escambia County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
97/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauEscambia County value
Comfortable days · high32.8%
89/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationEscambia County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEscambia County value
Child care cost burden · low24.2%
78/100Florida 25.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEscambia County value
New business applications · high16.9 /1k
78/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauEscambia County value
Depression · low21.3%
77/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high38.5 /100k
4/100Florida 15.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataEscambia County value
Injury deaths · high133 /100k
8/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEscambia County value
Rent-burdened households · high55.3%
9/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high33.5%
9/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Natural hazard risk · high91.1
9/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyEscambia County value
Flu vaccinations · low32.0%
11/100Florida 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEscambia County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
32,376 (2015-2019) → 30,053 (2020-2024)
−7.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 4.2× (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.1% (2015-2019) → 92.7% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
49.8% (2015-2019) → 55.3% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,517 (2015-2019) → $61,689 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ferry Pass, Florida improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+25%$49,517 → $61,689

Declined1

Price / income+1.2×3.0× → 4.2×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Ferry Pass, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.2 min2015-2019	22.0 min2020-2024	−1.2 min	Within the margin of error	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Child poverty rate	25.4%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	16%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4532020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$49,5172015-2019	$61,6892020-2024	+25%	Improved	43%
Poverty rate	17.3%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	49.8%2015-2019	55.3%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2015-2019	6.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.8%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ferry Pass, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ferry Pass, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ferry Pass, Florida itself moved −5.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

30,053 residents (±2,172)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,814 households (±891)

Ferry Pass, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k18%2,319
$25k–50k23%2,943
$50k–75k18%2,293

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,814 households (±891)

Ferry Pass, Florida
Florida share

Own47%6,021
Rent53%6,793

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,070 workers (±1,249)

Ferry Pass, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone73%10,318
Carpool6.8%†953
Public transit0.4%†51

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Escambia County, the county holding most of Ferry Pass's residents.

Escambia County has 7,650 employer establishments, 233 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Florida's), with 120,709 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,193. The Census Bureau also counts 29,296 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 7,650; 29,296 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 233; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 120,709
Average annual pay: $55,193; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Escambia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	768	23.3	1.12×About typical	8,962	$90,258	1,448
Restaurants and other eating places	521	15.8	0.86×About typical	12,747	$23,106	123
Specialty trade contractors	518	15.7	1.02×About typical	6,677	$57,149	1,894
Lessors of real estate	399	12.1	0.98×About typical	1,527	$50,356	2,706
Offices of physicians	294	8.9	1.38×More than typical	4,534	$123,386	323
Construction of buildings	257	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,812	$85,794	918
Services to buildings and dwellings	253	7.7	1.14×About typical	1,982	$31,160	2,565
Limited-service restaurants	247	7.5	0.94×About typical	5,410	$18,999	50
Full-service restaurants	218	6.6	0.86×About typical	6,579	$26,790	45
Offices of other health practitioners	212	6.4	1.06×About typical	988	$51,796	521
Religious organizations	200	6.1	1.10×About typical	2,841	$27,648	—
Legal services	187	5.7	1.06×About typical	1,557	$90,024	199

Rank places for an industry Open Escambia County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 328,990 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ferry Pass, Florida: $132 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4M; −46% vs FY2025
Per resident: $132; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$2.3M58%
Department of the Navy$1.4M35%
Department of Veterans Affairs$85.6K2.2%
Department of the Air Force$71.4K1.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$67.1K1.7%
Internal Revenue Service$51.7K1.3%
U.S. Coast Guard$9,2700.2%
Department of the Army$6,6700.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.3MFY2017
4.8MFY2018
3.3MFY2019
3.2MFY2020
3.2MFY2021
1MFY2022
4.7MFY2023
5.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$2.2M56%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$1.4M35%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$73.7K1.9%
Waste collection · 5621$72.4K1.8%
Activities related to real estate · 5313$67.5K1.7%
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$61.6K1.6%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Ferry Pass, Florida

FL ERFO NPS GUIS 2020-1(1) THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE REPAIR STORM DAMAGE ON J. EARLE BOWDEN WAY, FORT PICKENS ROAD, JOHNSON BEACH ROAD, AND BEACH PARKING #6 WITHIN THE GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, FLORIDA DISTRICT. THE WORK INCLUDES ASPHALT PA$2.5M
CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.· Escambia County, FL· Construction & real property· Jul 28, 2021 – Feb 23, 2026· 693C7321F000087
VIEWPOINT SYSTEMS MONITORS FOR MSIL PROJECT$124.4K
VIEWPOINT SYSTEMS LLC· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 6973GH26P02859
TRASH COLLECTION SERVICE FOR SALISBURY VAMC$122.2K
FUNGUY FARMACY LLC· Escambia County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· 36C24626N0646

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ferry Pass, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Ferry Pass, Florida's figures are part of those of Escambia County, FL ($259M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ferry Pass is mostly in Escambia County.

See federal money in Escambia County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ferry Pass, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jimmy PatronisR-FL-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Escambia County44100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL43

Other cities and towns in Escambia County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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