Eglin Afb is in North West Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 2,274. Eglin Afb is approximately 40 miles from Pensacola (population 51,923) and around 57 miles from Panama City (population 36,484).

The median age for residents of Eglin Afb is 24.7. Around 51.7% of Eglin Afb households include school aged children and 31.1% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 77.1% of the Eglin Afb population are White, 8.8% are Black or African American, .5% American Indian, 2.1% Asian and 7.6% are Two or more Races.

There are 1,376 housing units in Eglin Afb. 507 (36.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 869 residential rental units in Eglin Afb. 860 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of .7%.