Panhandle · Escambia County

Living in Molino, Florida

Molino is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, with about 1,447 people.1 It feels rural or spread out, at 208 people per square mile.1,3

1,4471people
$225,2001median home value
$529/mo1median rent
48.81median age

Small place: Census estimates for places under 5,000 people have wide margins of error. Treat these figures as rough.

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

Nearest 24-hour emergency room

Santa Rosa Medical Center, in Milton, about 17 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.

The full Molino town card

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Other places in Escambia County

Written by Charles Squires, North Port, Florida. 40 years living in Florida, in eight places.

I lived in Fort Walton Beach and Destin for 11 years.

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

Notes

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024
  2. CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (places)
  4. Eglin Air Force Base (Wikipedia)
  5. Pensacola climate summaries (National Weather Service, Mobile)
  6. Pensacola (Wikipedia)
  7. Hurricane Michael (Wikipedia)
  8. County tourism office websites, each opened or confirmed 2026-11-05