Pensacola, FL: 524,395 residents, 106th of 387 US metropolitan areas. Census figures on income, housing, education and the local business mix, and what they imply for a business advertising here.
Its principal cities are Pensacola, Ferry Pass and Brent.
A $75,967 median household income puts Pensacola, FL 6 percent below the national figure. Owner-occupied homes carry a median value of $286,000, 14 percent below the national figure; the national comparison point is $332,700.
The household mix in brief. Owner-occupied housing 70.5%, 5 points above the US share, which is the figure home-service advertisers should watch. Median age 39, about the same as the national median. The unemployment rate stands at 5.4%, about the same as the US share. Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.6% of adults, 5 points below the US share.
Against the state as a whole, the median income is about the same as the Florida figure, the median home value is 20 percent lower than the Florida figure, and the number of businesses per resident is 26 percent thinner than the Florida figure; see the Florida page for the full figures.
Start with the count: 11,092 establishments with payroll. Relative to population, 21.2 per 1,000 residents, 15 percent below the national figure. The table breaks out the categories that spend the most on local advertising; restaurants is the biggest of them at 757. Contractors in the home-services trades total 644, or 5.8% of the base, 1 points above the US share.
| Trade (NAICS) | Count | Per 100,000 | Index vs US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-storage facilities | 46 | 8.8 | 1.87× |
| Other specialty trade contractors (paving, asphalt, fencing) | 85 | 16.2 | 1.50× |
| Physicians' offices | 435 | 83 | 1.50× |
| Roofing contractors | 45 | 8.6 | 1.33× |
| Concrete foundation and structure contractors | 41 | 7.8 | 1.32× |
| Landscaping services | 190 | 36.2 | 1.21× |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 176 | 33.6 | 1.19× |
| Automobile dealers | 72 | 13.7 | 1.15× |
| Beauty salons | 116 | 22.1 | 1.04× |
| Grocery and convenience retailers | 138 | 26.3 | 1.04× |
| Personal care services (all) | 211 | 40.2 | 0.99× |
| Electrical contractors | 107 | 20.4 | 0.97× |
| Lessors of real estate (all) | 175 | 33.4 | 0.97× |
| Legal services | 231 | 44.1 | 0.96× |
| Restaurants and other eating places | 757 | 144.4 | 0.92× |
| Highway, street and bridge construction | 11 | 2.1 | 0.90× |
| Child day care services | 87 | 16.6 | 0.80× |
| General automotive repair | 88 | 16.8 | 0.78× |
| Dentists | 136 | 25.9 | 0.76× |
| General freight trucking | 93 | 17.7 | 0.60× |
Ratio above 1.00: the trade holds a bigger share of the local business base than it does nationally; below 1.00, a smaller one.
More common here than nationally: self-storage operators, specialty trade contractors, physicians' offices and roofing contractors. Self-storage operators lead at 46 establishments, 1.9 times the US share. Under-represented categories: general freight trucking, dentists, general automotive repair and child day care services. General freight trucking number just 93, about 60% of the US share, which is room for a well-run operator to be the obvious choice. Close to the national mix: electrical contractors, road and paving contractors and legal services.
Per resident the densest are restaurants at 144.4 per 100,000 people, then physicians' offices and legal services. Three categories dominate by count: restaurants at 757, physicians' offices at 435 and legal services at 231. Across the groups, medical and dental practices run 1.2 times the US share and trucking, storage, real estate and road construction about the same as.
In self-storage operators, specialty trade contractors and physicians' offices the question is not whether to advertise but how narrowly: the tighter the keywords, the towns and the offer, the less is wasted against the crowd. With general freight trucking, dentists and general automotive repair in short supply, the map pack often has room; a complete listing and a handful of recent reviews can put a business in it. High homeownership (70.5%) means a large pool of people who pay for their own repairs, replacements and yard work, which favors the home-services trades in this market. With a median age about the same as the national median, the classic path of search, reviews and a phone call still carries most of the business.
The services that fit this market, given the numbers above. Each links to the full description.
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Pensacola, FL has 524,395 residents (US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate), ranking 106th of 387 metropolitan areas.
The median household income in Pensacola, FL is $75,967 (ACS 2024 5-year), below the US median of $80,734.
The Census Bureau counts 11,092 employer establishments in Pensacola, FL (County Business Patterns 2023), or 21.2 businesses per 1,000 residents.
The median home value in Pensacola, FL is $286,000, and 70.5% of homes are owner-occupied (ACS 2024 5-year).
Measured against the US business mix (County Business Patterns 2023), self-storage operators, specialty trade contractors and physicians' offices have more establishments per resident than the US average; general freight trucking, dentists and general automotive repair have fewer in Pensacola, FL.
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Data: US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates and County Business Patterns 2023. Updated 2026-09-29.