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West Melbourne, FL

27,643 Population
10.9 square miles 2,544.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,196 ±$2,262 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $42,738 ±$1,011
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$90,521 ±$4,994 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

6.8% ±2.6% (1,832  ±690) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 60,603 (±0.6% / ±3,448)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

23.1 minutes ±2.8 (255,485  ±21,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 25.4 6,085,980 (±0.5 / ±135,421)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

10,278 ±549 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 251,889 ±1,622
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.7 ±0.1 (27,196  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 612,536 (±0 / ±139)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

7.6% ±2.4% (446  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 5% † 6,052 (±0.6% / ±755)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

11,113 ±595 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 294,461 ±215
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$341,500 ±$18,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $304,400 ±$4,914
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

12% ±2.7% (3,266  ±726.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 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

94% ±4.5% (18,340  ±1,282.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 93.1% 432,421 (±1.2% / ±5,479.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
40.4% ±3.8% (7,887  ±843.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 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

12% ±2.3% (3,319  ±633) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.5% 58,976
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

12.7% ±2.3% (2,756  ±495) 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)
2,756 Total veterans ±495 2,549 Male ±478 207 Female ±109

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