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Pea Ridge, Florida.

A community in Santa Rosa County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Santa Rosa County’s.

Living in Pea Ridge, Santa Rosa County, Florida

Pea Ridge, in Santa Rosa County, had 3,787 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $59,628 a year and half less, against $91,922 across Santa Rosa County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Santa Rosa County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,787 in the 2020 census
Household income $59,628 the median, give or take $8,807 · Santa Rosa County: $91,922
Unemployment 4.8% Santa Rosa County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Pea Ridge for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,359households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Building trades14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Santa Rosa County had 44,562 jobs in 2025, 2.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 42°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 42° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 42°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 42° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 42°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 74°. About 68 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pensacola Nne weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Santa Rosa County

  1. Federal Military3,327
  2. Santa Rosa County School District3,148
  3. Federal Government1,682
  4. Wal-Mart Stores1,500
  5. State Government1,330
  6. Santa Rosa County Government1,157
  7. Publix1,071
  8. Baptist Healthcare Systems647

From Santa Rosa County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Santa Rosa County Economic Development Office”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of Pea RidgeRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pea Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Santa Rosa County.