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Merritt Island CCD, Brevard County, FL

46,188 Population
34.4 square miles 1,343.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Brevard County: 46.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$51,599 ±$2,804 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brevard County: $42,738 ±$1,011
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$90,587 ±$5,281 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brevard County: $75,817 ±$932
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

9.2% ±2.3% (4,173  ±1,082) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brevard County: 9.9% 60,603 (±0.6% / ±3,448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

25.2 minutes ±0.8 (404,135  ±38,574) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Brevard County: 25.4 6,085,980 (±0.5 / ±135,421)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

18,197 ±804 Number of households
  • Brevard County: 251,889 ±1,622
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.5 ±0.2 (45,585  ±1,995) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Brevard County: 2.4 612,536 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

6.6% ±2.3% (527  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brevard County: 5% † 6,052 (±0.6% / ±755)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

21,674 ±751 Number of housing units
  • Brevard County: 294,461 ±215
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$399,700 ±$15,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Brevard County: $304,400 ±$4,914
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

12% ±2.7% (5,491  ±1,231.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Brevard County: 12.7% 77,831 (±0.7% / ±3,999.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

95.7% ±5.7% (33,104  ±1,370.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Brevard County: 93.1% 432,421 (±1.2% / ±5,479.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
39.9% ±2% (13,787  ±892.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brevard County: 33.5% 155,722 (±0.7% / ±3,225.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.1% ±1.2% (3,296  ±556) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brevard County: 9.5% 58,976
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

13.4% ±1.3% (5,011  ±514) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Brevard County: 13.4% 67,800 (±0.4% / ±2,079)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
5,011 Total veterans ±514 4,401 Male ±490 610 Female ±150

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