Pace, Santa Rosa County
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Call (305) 914-4191Pace is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, just north of Escambia Bay, between Pensacola and Milton. It started as a lumber and turpentine town named for James G. Pace, and since 1980 it has grown from a small rural place into a busy bedroom community for Pensacola. Most homes here are single-family houses. Sellers may be moving for work, settling an estate, or facing storm repairs.
How we help in Pace
We buy Pace homes as they are, from houses near the bay in Floridatown to homes in subdivisions like Lakes of Woodbine and Stonebrook Village. You can choose a cash sale, a sale subject to your current mortgage, or a 1% listing through our licensed partner brokerage. A licensed Florida title company handles every closing, and we walk you through the numbers before you decide.
Redfin counted 127 Pace home sales in its June 2026 report. Prices dipped 4.5% from a year earlier, but buyers still paid close to 99% of the asking price, and the typical home sold in about two months. That points to a market where a clean, well-priced house still sells near its list price. If your house needs a roof, has storm damage, or you need to move before a buyer shows up, a direct sale may fit better.
From our files
As of October 2026 we are working with a homeowner in Pace on a cash sale of the house as it is. The seller asked for time to move after closing, so the agreement gives them 30 days in the home after the sale, and a licensed title company handles the closing. We will share more, with the seller's permission, once it closes.
A current HOMKEYS situation in Pace. Names, address and price left out to protect the seller's privacy.
Local knowledge
Pace first appeared in the 1912 Census and is named for James G. Pace, a local lumber, paper and turpentine owner. It grew from 7,393 residents in 2000 to 24,684 in 2020, on just 9.4 square miles in ZIP 32571. In 2018, when Santa Rosa County sought help with a Greater Pace Area Master Plan, it said the wider area, including Floridatown and Pea Ridge, had grown from roughly 10,000 to about 52,000 people. Planned projects included a Pace to Pea Ridge connector road and six lanes on US 90.
Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put Pace's owner-occupied rate at 83.0% and the median value of those homes at $293,800. An earlier Census survey profile for 2017 to 2021 counted 8,787 housing units, with 85.3% single-family and 9.8% mobile homes. So most sellers here are owners selling a house in a subdivision, and they are often competing with new construction. Santa Rosa County approved 17 new subdivisions with more than 900 homes in about a year and a half, as reported in August 2022.
Homes along the Escambia Bay side of Pace took the worst of Hurricane Sally in September 2020. Residents described waves over eight feet, debris in the streets, and materials washed out from under homes on stilts, and some were still without power about two weeks later. FEMA reported about $48.1 million in federal funds to Santa Rosa County residents, including an estimated $26.5 million paid on about 1,272 flood insurance claims. If your home had a flood claim, Florida now requires you to disclose it.
Away from the bay, flood risk is lower. A local brokerage's October 2026 lookup of FEMA flood maps found subdivisions such as Lakes of Woodbine, Stonebrook Village, Ashley Plantation and Chase Farms entirely in zone X, outside the high-risk flood area. First Street data on Redfin rates 5% of Pace properties at severe flood risk, but 97% at some wildfire risk and 100% at extreme wind risk. Severe storms damaged several homes in the Pace and Avalon area in April 2024. Buyers and insurers will check the roof.
Santa Rosa County tax bills normally go out by November 1. Paying early earns a discount of 4% in November, 3% in December, 2% in January and 1% in February. The full amount is due by March 31, and on April 1 unpaid real estate taxes become delinquent with a 3% penalty. The Tax Collector has an office right in Pace on Chumuckla Highway. If you have a homestead, remember that the Save Our Homes cap ends with a sale, so the buyer's bill is figured from market value the next January 1.
Three ways to sell
Subject to qualification, property inspection, and transaction terms. HOMKEYS does not give legal or tax advice. Talk with a Florida attorney or tax professional about your situation.
Santa Rosa County details
Offices, dates and rules that come up when a house sells here. Confirm anything time-sensitive with the office listed.
Estimate
A quick, rough comparison. Put in your own numbers. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Illustration only, not an offer or an appraisal. Real numbers depend on the property, title, loan terms and market. Subject to qualification, property inspection, and transaction terms.
Where we work
From the Escambia Bay shore at Floridatown to Pea Ridge, Chumuckla Highway and the county seat in Milton, we buy homes across Pace and southern Santa Rosa County.
ZIP code: 32571. Also nearby: Milton, Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Bagdad, Chumuckla. See all Florida areas →
Real closings
Each one closed at a licensed Florida title company. We show the city and month only, never the address, to protect the seller's privacy.
28 closings in 23 Florida cities and 17 counties since September 2024. See them on the map.
Short reads on the questions we hear most from owners here.
Questions
Santa Rosa County. Pace is about 25 minutes from downtown Pensacola, but it sits across the county line, northeast of Pensacola and west of Milton. It is unincorporated, so there is no city government. Your property appraiser, tax collector and probate court are all Santa Rosa County offices, mostly in Milton, and the Tax Collector also has an office in Pace.
At the Santa Rosa County Courthouse, 4025 Avalon Blvd in Milton, part of Florida's First Judicial Circuit. The Clerk of Court is Jason D. English. Since July 1, 2026, estates worth up to $150,000, not counting protected homestead in most cases, may qualify for the simpler summary administration. A Florida probate attorney can confirm which process fits before you sign a contract.
On April 1. Bills normally go out by November 1, and paying early earns a 4% discount in November, stepping down to 1% in February. The full amount is due by March 31. After that, a 3% penalty is added to unpaid real estate taxes. If you are behind, the title company will find it at closing, so ask the Tax Collector for your exact payoff first.
Yes. As-is sales are common, and you do not have to finish repairs first. Since October 1, 2025, Florida sellers must disclose any flood insurance claims, any flood repair assistance they received, and any flooding that damaged the home while they owned it. This is done at or before signing the contract. A real estate attorney can tell you exactly what your disclosure needs to say.
Redfin reported a median sale price of $324,443 for June 2026, down 4.5% from a year earlier, with a median of 58 days on market. Homes sold for about 98.9% of the asking price, and Redfin counted 127 sales. That is a steady market for a well-kept home that is priced right, but it still means about two months of waiting.
Probably not. If you have a homestead, Save Our Homes has kept your yearly assessment increases to 3% or the change in CPI, whichever is lower. When the home changes hands, that cap ends, and the home is assessed at full value the next January 1. The buyer can file for their own homestead with the Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser by March 1.
Nothing. Asking for a review does not commit you to sell, and you can take your time comparing our options with listing or any other offer.
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