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Pace is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, the second-largest community in the county, and part of the Pensacola metropolitan area.

Pace is named for James G. Pace, who owned large lumber, paper and turpentine operations in the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Pace was first recognized in the 1912 United States census, and its post office had opened in 1909.

Long a small, rural community, Pace transformed after 1980 into a fast-growing bedroom community of Pensacola, and its population jumped about 171% between 2000 and 2010, from 7,393 to 20,093.

Pace kept growing to 24,684 residents at the 2020 census, spread across 8,998 households, of which about 59% were married-couple households.

Pace sits just north of Escambia Bay, northeast of Pensacola and west of Milton, the Santa Rosa County seat, and it comprises ZIP code 32571.

Unlike most of Florida, Pace keeps Central Time, lying in the Central Time Zone in the western Florida Panhandle.

The older settlements of Floridatown and Pea Ridge are now considered neighborhoods within Pace.

Pace schools are administered by the Santa Rosa County School District, its high school is Pace High School, and all Pace-area schools have held A or B ratings from the Florida Department of Education.

Despite having grown larger than many incorporated Florida cities, Pace remains unincorporated and is governed directly by Santa Rosa County.