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Merritt Island, FL

34,718 Population
17 square miles 2,045.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,695 ±$3,240 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $42,738 ±$1,011
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$91,020 ±$6,233 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $75,817 ±$932
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

7.4% ±2% (2,554  ±713) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 60,603 (±0.6% / ±3,448)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

24.5 minutes ±0.8 (309,830  ±31,060) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 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

13,867 ±687 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 251,889 ±1,622
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.5 ±0.1 (34,286  ±1,906) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 612,536 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

6.5% ±2.9% (391  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 5% † 6,052 (±0.6% / ±755)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

16,816 ±656 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 294,461 ±215
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$379,700 ±$16,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $304,400 ±$4,914
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

11.7% ±3.4% (4,024  ±1,185) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.7% 77,831 (±0.7% / ±3,999.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

95.7% ±6.6% (25,233  ±1,152.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 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)
41.8% ±2.1% (11,023  ±792.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 33.5% 155,722 (±0.7% / ±3,225.2)
  • about 25 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

7.2% ±1.3% (2,494  ±463) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.5% 58,976
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

13.1% ±1.3% (3,713  ±416) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 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)
3,713 Total veterans ±416 3,188 Male ±378 525 Female ±145

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