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Point Baker, 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 Point Baker, Santa Rosa County, Florida

Point Baker, in Santa Rosa County, had 3,443 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $64,769 a year and half less, against $91,922 across Santa Rosa County. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. 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 3,443 in the 2020 census; median age 31.7
Household income $64,769 the median, give or take $16,185 · Santa Rosa County: $91,922
Unemployment 4.8% Santa Rosa County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 66% lived in by their owners; 34% rented
  • 1,234households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades12%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

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, 65° and 42°; warmest in July, 93° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 65° 42° F M A M J J 93° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 65° and 42°; warmest in July, 93° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 65° 42° F M A M J J 93° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 42°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 75°. About 66 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Whiting Field Nas South weather station, 2 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. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Point Baker’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.