ALICE households – those that live above the Federal Poverty Level , but less than the basic cost of living in Escambia – are spread throughout our community.
ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The bare-minimum budget – that doesn’t include savings and leaves a family vulnerable to unexpected expenses – is $18,560 for a single adult and $45,218 for a family of four.
The spreadsheet breaks down the households by area in Escambia County.
The Gini Coefficient is a measure of income inequality. It varies from 0 to 100 percent, where 0 indicates perfect equality and 100 indicates perfect inequality (when one person has all the income). The higher the percentage, the worse the situation.
| Area | Poverty | Alice | Gini Coefficient | Unemploy-ment |
| Bellview | 10% | 25% | 39% | 13% |
| Brent | 22% | 32% | 44% | 15% |
| Cantonment | 13% | 19% | 41% | 11% |
| Century | 42% | 33% | 46% | 18% |
| Ensley | 20% | 31% | 42% | 14% |
| Ferry Pass | 14% | 30% | 49% | 9% |
| Gonzalez | 10% | 12% | 36% | 10% |
| Goulding | 27% | 45% | 39% | 23% |
| Myrtle Grove | 20% | 21% | 40% | 12% |
| Northwest Escambia | 10% | 20% | 37% | 10% |
| Pensacola | 16% | 24% | 48% | 11% |
| Warrington | 22% | 30% | 46% | 11% |
| West Pensacola | 28% | 37% | 42% | 23% |