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Melbourne, FL

86,956 Population
44.2 square miles 1,968 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$39,490 ±$4,920 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $42,658 ±$1,650
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$63,726 ±$8,728 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $78,575 ±$3,530
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

17% ±4.6% (14,219  ±3,825) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 10.1% † 63,854 (±1.4% / ±9,003)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

22.4 minutes ±1.2 (761,730  ±50,336) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • 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

36,223 ±2,606 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 258,656 ±4,289
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.3 ±0.2 (83,128  ±277) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.5 633,851 (±0 / ±406)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724

4% ±2.3% (736  ±433) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 4.4% † 5,620 (±1.2% / ±1,524)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

41,721 ±2,935 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 304,028 ±202
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$326,100 ±$15,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $356,600 ±$6,847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

14% ±3.8% (12,054  ±3,277) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 11.9% † 76,086 (±1.3% / ±8,324.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

92.8% ±5.8% (58,230  ±4,643) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 93.9% 454,187 (±2.5% / ±12,101.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
32.5% ±4.1% (20,389  ±2,788.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 33% 159,646 (±1.4% / ±6,858.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

9.3% ±2.5% (8,123  ±2,196) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.8% 62,837
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874

11.4% ±2.5% (7,928  ±1,740) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.6% 66,409 (±0.7% / ±3,549)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
7,928 Total veterans ±1,740 7,318 Male ±1,656 610 Female ±433

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