Living in Oriole Beach, Florida
Oriole Beach is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, with about 2,005 people.1 It feels suburban, at 2,381 people per square mile.1,3
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; Santa Rosa County provides roads, zoning and law enforcement.
Nearest 24-hour emergency room
Gulf Breeze Hospital, in Gulf Breeze, 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
Santa Rosa County's official tourism office: Santa Rosa County Tourism.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 Oriole Beach town card
Choosing Your Place has the complete card for Oriole Beach and 779 other places:
- How its home values, rent, age and income compare with the rest of the Panhandle
- Household income, and how many ER hospitals are within 15 miles
- The nearest airline airport and the nearest big airport
- The full region profile, side-by-side compare and the monthly-cost calculator
Other places in Santa Rosa County
- Navarre · 39,838 people · home value $375,700
- Pace · 26,282 people · home value $293,800
- Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) · 21,317 people · home value $381,600
- East Milton · 14,783 people · home value $212,900
- Milton · 10,733 people · home value $233,100
- Gulf Breeze · 6,660 people · home value $505,600
- Bagdad · 4,466 people · home value $227,900
- Wallace · 4,202 people · home value $400,700
- Point Baker · 3,976 people · home value $213,000
- Tiger Point · 3,628 people · home value $427,900
"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Oriole Beach as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Oriole Beach can be larger.
Notes
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024
- CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (places)
- Eglin Air Force Base (Wikipedia)
- Pensacola climate summaries (National Weather Service, Mobile)
- Pensacola (Wikipedia)
- Hurricane Michael (Wikipedia)
- County tourism office websites, each opened or confirmed 2026-11-05