City safety & data profile

Myrtle GroveFL

Myrtle Grove, FL is a 16K-resident city in Escambia County with a median household income of $67,647.

Escambia County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Myrtle Grove, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Myrtle Grove has a population larger than 31% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $186,100.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 32%
By size
$67,647
Median income (place)
$186,100
Median home (place)
17.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Myrtle Grove

Myrtle Grove posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 34%
by median income, US cities

Where Myrtle Grove income ranks nationally

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

$67,647 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Myrtle Grove $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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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 Myrtle Grove, FL beyond the headline numbers

Myrtle Grove sits inside Escambia County, Florida, at roughly 30.42°N, -87.31°W. Population 15,870, $67,647 median household income. Median home value $186,100, median rent $1,391. Poverty rate 17.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

17.7% of Myrtle Grove, 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.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Myrtle Grove runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 11.9% of Myrtle Grove workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 19.5% in Myrtle Grove, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Myrtle Grove's median age is 31.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Myrtle Grove 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)
15,870
Myrtle Grove · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$67,647
-24% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$186,100
-55% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Escambia County): Myrtle Grove'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 Myrtle Grove, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,391/mo
Poverty Rate
17.7% +43% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 25.9%
Work From Home 11.9%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 65.9%
African American 15.8%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.2%
High Blood Pressure
36.6%
Obesity
35%
Physical Inactivity
27%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.5%
Binge Drinking
16.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.9%
Current Smoking
14.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
14%
Diabetes
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54%
Annual Checkup 75.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.9%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Myrtle Grove?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-MYRTLE-GROVE · Myrtle Grove

Myrtle Grove: 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 Myrtle Grove; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Myrtle Grove, FL?
Myrtle Grove, FL has a population of 15,870 people, located in Escambia County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Myrtle Grove?
The median household income in Myrtle Grove, FL is $67,647 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.7%.
What is the median home value in Myrtle Grove?
The median home value in Myrtle Grove, FL is $186,100. Median rent is $1,391/month.
What are the top health concerns in Myrtle Grove?
The top health indicators in Myrtle Grove include Short Sleep Duration (37.2%), High Blood Pressure (36.6%), Obesity (35%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Myrtle Grove?
The median age in Myrtle Grove, FL is 31.5 years. 25.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (17.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($67,647 here).

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Using Myrtle Grove's profile

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

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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.