City safety & data profile

EnsleyFL

Ensley, FL is a 21K-resident city in Escambia County with a median household income of $59,084.

Escambia County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ensley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ensley has a population larger than 45% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $222,000.

Data updated 2026-09-04

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 46%
By size
$59,084
Median income (place)
$222,000
Median home (place)
17.5%
Poverty rate (place)
My saved cities

The read on Ensley

Ensley posts a median household income higher than 21% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 22%
by median income, US cities

Where Ensley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$59,084 Bottom 21% higher than 21% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ensley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ensley, FL beyond the headline numbers

Ensley sits inside Escambia County, Florida, at roughly 30.52°N, -87.27°W. Population 20,602, $59,084 median household income. Median home value $222,000, median rent $1,378. Poverty rate 17.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

17.5% of Ensley, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Ensley costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

14.8% of Ensley workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 40.1% in Ensley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Ensley workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ensley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,602
Ensley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$59,084
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$222,000
-46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Escambia County): Ensley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
326K+8%
Median Income
$67,500+54%
Median Home Value
$257,200+98%
Poverty Rate
14.7%-19%
Unemployment
5.5%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ensley, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,378/mo
Poverty Rate
17.5% +41% vs avg
Unemployment 6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.6%
Work From Home 14.8%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 55.7%
African American 29.7%
Asian 2.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40.1%
Short Sleep Duration
38.2%
Obesity
37.2%
Physical Inactivity
27.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Binge Drinking
15.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Diabetes
13.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.2%
Annual Checkup 77.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
4.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Ensley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ensley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-ENSLEY · Ensley

Ensley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ensley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Ensley, FL?
Ensley, FL has a population of 20,602 people, located in Escambia County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Ensley?
The median household income in Ensley, FL is $59,084 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.5%.
What is the median home value in Ensley?
The median home value in Ensley, FL is $222,000. Median rent is $1,378/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ensley?
The top health indicators in Ensley include High Blood Pressure (40.1%), Short Sleep Duration (38.2%), Obesity (37.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Ensley?
The median age in Ensley, FL is 36.4 years. 21.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ensley, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (17.5% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($59,084 here).

Compare Ensley with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Using Ensley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Ensley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Ensley against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Escambia County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.