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Wallace, 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 Wallace, Santa Rosa County, Florida

Wallace, in Santa Rosa County, had 3,868 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $116,496 a year and half less, against $91,922 across Santa Rosa County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% 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 professional services.

People 3,868 in the 2020 census
Household income $116,496 the median, give or take $17,454 · Santa Rosa County: $91,922
Unemployment 4.8% Santa Rosa County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 1,499households
  • 45%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Government9%

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, 60° and 36°; warmest in July, 91° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 60° 36° F M A M J J 91° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 60° and 36°; warmest in July, 91° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 60° 36° F M A M J J 91° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 69°. About 68 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Milton Experiment Station 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. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

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