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Population (year 2000): 8,082
Males: 4,054 (50.2%), Females: 4,028 (49.8%)
Zip code:
32542
Median resident age: 22.1 years
Median household income: $31,951 (year 2000)
Median house value: $95,000 (year 2000)
Races in Eglin AFB:
- White Non-Hispanic (66.8%)
- Black (14.8%)
- Hispanic (11.2%)
- Two or more races (5.3%)
- Other race (4.2%)
- Filipino (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (16.4%), United States
(11.5%), Irish (9.2%), English (6.6%), Italian (4.9%), French
(3.3%).
Land area: 3.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Eglin AFB
- High school or higher: 96.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Eglin AFB CDP
- Never married: 7.6%
- Now married: 88.0%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 0.4%
- Divorced: 2.7%
4.7% Foreign born (2.2% Asia, 1.4% Latin
America, 1.0% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Eglin AFB:
- FORT WALTON BEACH MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles;
FORT WALTON BEACH, FL)
- GULF COAST TREATMENT CENTER (about 6 miles; FORT
WALTON BEACH, FL)
- TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; NICEVILLE, FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Eglin AFB:
- HURLBURT FIELD (about 10 miles; MARY ESTHER, FL; ID:
HRT)
- PENSACOLA REGIONAL (about 44 miles; PENSACOLA, FL;
ID: PNS)
- PANAMA CITY-BAY CO INTL (about 64 miles; PANAMA
CITY, FL; ID: PFN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Eglin AFB:
- DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH (about 8 miles; DESTIN, FL;
ID: DTS)
- EGLIN AF AUX NR 3 DUKE (about 14 miles; VALPARAISO,
FL; ID: EGI)
- FORT WALTON BEACH (about 19 miles; NAVARRE, FL; ID:
1J9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Eglin AFB:
- OKALOOSA-WALTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles;
NICEVILLE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,374)
- PENSACOLA JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 45 miles; PENSACOLA,
FL; FT enrollment: 6,036)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA (about 47 miles;
PENSACOLA, FL; FT enrollment: 6,282)
- GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; PANAMA
CITY, FL; FT enrollment: 3,140)
- JAMES H FAULKNER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 89
miles; BAY MINETTE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,050)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA-BALDWIN (about 93 miles;
FAIRHOPE, AL; FT enrollment: 5,582)
- GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN
(about 97 miles; DOTHAN, AL; FT enrollment: 2,703)
Public primary/middle schools in Eglin AFB:
- OAK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 555;
Location: 101 CHINQUAPIN DRIVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 547;
Location: 200 GAFFNEY ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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