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Brevard County (East)--Beaches & Merritt Island PUMA, FL

128,571 Population
209 square miles 615.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$59,694 ±$5,656 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,929 ±$8,845 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.5% ±1.5% (7,023  ±1,932) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,071,740  ±60,119) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

55,530 ±3,033 Number of households
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.2 (127,794  ±6,547) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±3.3% (884  ±714) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

70,934 ±3,516 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$544,100 ±$27,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±2.1% (14,720  ±2,796.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.8% ±2.7% (97,596  ±5,540.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
49.3% ±3.1% (50,176  ±4,021.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8.6% ±2.9% (10,428  ±3,550.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 30.6% 6,520,270 (±0.1% / ±25,985.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

7.4% ±1.4% (9,571  ±1,883) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12% ±1.6% (12,990  ±1,881) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,990 Total veterans ±1,881 11,739 Male ±1,679 1,251 Female ±546

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