Warrington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida, United States. Warrington is located between downtown Pensacola and the state line with Alabama; it is away from both.
The population was 15,218 at the 2020 census, up from 14,531 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A failed referendum was held in 1975 to incorporate Warrington as a town. Despite falling outside of city limits and having a post office explicitly named "Warrington", mail going to the addresses in the Warrington ZIP code (32507) falls under the jurisdiction of Pensacola.
Naval Air Station Pensacola is located in Warrington, albeit with their own ZIP code, 32508, corresponding to the mailing city "Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL", as well as their own census-designated place "Pensacola Station".
History
thumb|left|Sketch showing 1861 harbor defenses for [[Pensacola Bay. The town of Warrington (shown east of Fort Barrancas) was moved north of Bayou Grande in the 1930s, to provide land for Naval Air Station Pensacola.]]
Warrington is named for Lewis Warrington, who served as Secretary of the Navy, and who helped choose the area that became Naval Air Station Pensacola. He served as the first commandant of the newly created Navy Yard, 1826–1827.
Warrington was created shortly after the Pensacola Navy Yard's 1826 foundation. Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, the second commandant of the Navy Yard (1827–1831), "created two villages, Warrington, and Woolsey outside the navy yard for homebuilding." Warrington was between the yard and Fort Barrancas. The town was relocated north of Bayou Grande in the 1930s to make additional space available for the expanding Naval Air Station.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 21.97%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Warrington had a population of 15,218. The median age was 41.4 years. 21.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.6 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 6,809 households in Warrington, of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 33.2% were married-couple households, 23.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 34.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.