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Grand Island vs Pensacola

Grand Island, NE compared with Pensacola, FL · 956 miles apart

Grand Island has 53,943 residents to Pensacola’s 53,817. Grand Island comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, unemployment. Pensacola does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Grand Island, NE Pensacola, FL
Population 53,943 53,817
Density (per sq mi) 1,783 2,362
Median household income $63,795 $74,212
Median home value $218,600 $314,400
Median rent $947 $1,322
Homeownership 57.8% 64.2%
Average commute 16.9 min 22 min
Median age 34.7 41.3
Bachelor's degree + 20.9% 43%
Poverty rate 15.2% 12.6%
Unemployment 4.6% 6.3%
Price to income 3.4× 4.2×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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