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Merritt Island, FL

34,992 Population
17 square miles 2,061.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,114 ±$3,960 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $44,108 ±$992
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,012 ±$8,215 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $78,476 ±$1,054
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.4% ±1.7% (2,560  ±604) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 10.2% 63,841 (±0.6% / ±3,608)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±1 (307,375  ±33,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 25.4 6,116,110 (±0.4 / ±131,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,166 ±678 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 257,695 ±1,860
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (34,542  ±2,109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 624,235 (±0 / ±118)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±3% (469  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 4.6% † 5,765 (±0.5% / ±624)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,006 ±653 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 299,305 ±218
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$402,900 ±$16,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $339,600 ±$3,715
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±3.2% (4,326  ±1,122.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.7% 79,707 (±0.7% / ±4,149.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±6.6% (25,581  ±1,127.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 93.3% 442,411 (±1.2% / ±5,551.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41% ±1.9% (11,017  ±778.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 34.2% 162,224 (±0.7% / ±3,258.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.7% ±1.1% (2,346  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.7% 61,540
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±1% (3,771  ±352) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.6% 65,035 (±0.4% / ±1,980)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,771 Total veterans ±352 3,231 Male ±342 540 Female ±139

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