Living in Brent, Florida

Unincorporated: there's no city government; Escambia County provides roads, zoning and law enforcement.

Nearest 24-hour emergency room

Sacred Heart Hospital, in Pensacola, about 4 miles away.²

Straight-line distance from the town's center; driving is longer. Freestanding ERs and urgent care aren't counted.

Life in the Panhandle

Florida's far northwest: sugar-white Gulf beaches, Navy and Air Force towns, and a Southern pace.⁴

Hazards: Hurricanes hit hard here. Michael came ashore at Mexico Beach in October 2018 as a Category 5 with 160 mph winds and a storm surge about 14 feet deep, damaged every building on Tyndall Air Force Base, and was blamed for 50 deaths in Florida. It was the strongest landfall ever recorded on the Panhandle. Ivan in 2004 and Sally in 2020 also battered the Pensacola area.^4,5,6,7

Visitor information

Escambia County's official tourism office: Visit Pensacola.⁸ Ask about local events, things to do and a free visitor guide, if they offer one.

Read the free Panhandle preview, including the region's state-certified visitor centers.

Other places in Escambia County

• Pensacola · 54,036 people · home value $314,400
• Ferry Pass · 30,053 people · home value $260,100
• Bellview · 26,488 people · home value $205,300
• Ensley · 23,760 people · home value $222,000
• West Pensacola · 20,665 people · home value $116,100
• Warrington · 15,918 people · home value $212,000
• Myrtle Grove · 15,595 people · home value $186,100
• Gonzalez · 14,458 people · home value $278,300
• Pensacola Station · 5,281 people · home value not published
• Goulding · 3,734 people · home value $89,700

"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Brent as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Brent can be larger.