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Jacksonville vs Pensacola

Jacksonville, FL compared with Pensacola, FL · 330 miles apart

Jacksonville has 1,017,689 residents to Pensacola’s 53,817. Jacksonville comes out ahead on unemployment. Pensacola does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.

Jacksonville, FL Pensacola, FL
Population 1,017,689 53,817
Density (per sq mi) 1,362 2,362
Median household income $69,872 $74,212
Median home value $293,700 $314,400
Median rent $1,465 $1,322
Homeownership 57.6% 64.2%
Average commute 24.1 min 22 min
Median age 36.5 41.3
Bachelor's degree + 33.2% 43%
Poverty rate 14.5% 12.6%
Unemployment 4.6% 6.3%
Price to income 4.2× 4.2×
Clear days a year 27
Days above 90°F 42

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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