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

124,933 Population
209 square miles 597.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±2.3 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 ±0.1

Economics

$56,908 ±$4,565 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $40,278 ±$316
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$85,341 ±$7,932 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $69,303 ±$616
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.4% ±2.6% (10,369  ±3,218) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 12.7% 2,762,679 (±0.2% / ±47,630)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25 minutes ±0.5 (1,119,015  ±51,339) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

55,604 ±2,932 Number of households
  • Florida: 8,826,394 ±23,013
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0.1 (123,930  ±7,625) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,767,540
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7.6% ±3.5% (1,436  ±699) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.9% 237,974 (±0.2% / ±8,830)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

73,695 ±3,404 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,257,553 ±836
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$456,300 ±$22,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Florida: $354,100 ±$1,592
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.2% ±2.1% (13,786  ±2,772.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,014,757 (±0.3% / ±57,370.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

96.5% ±7.4% (95,082  ±5,120.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.9% 14,481,480 (±0.4% / ±67,293.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
51.4% ±2.5% (50,631  ±3,679.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 34.3% 5,518,418 (±0.3% / ±40,702.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

9% ±3% (10,843  ±3,602.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 29.9% 6,145,117 (±0.1% / ±23,208.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

7.4% ±1.7% (9,271  ±2,213) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 21.7% 4,817,273
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

13.3% ±1.5% (13,940  ±1,738) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,322,675 (±0.1% / ±15,844)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
13,940 Total veterans ±1,738 12,352 Male ±1,507 1,588 Female ±683

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