Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County has a population of 632,780 and has grown 9.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $339,600, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $78,476.

Home price
$339,600
Income
$78,476
Population
632,780
Unemployment
4.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$339,600county
Median gross rent$1,556county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198032.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,914county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,709county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,478county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,330county
Home insurance / yr$7,136(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$78,476county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate10.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.6%county
Unemployment rate4.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government12.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.2%county
Economic output per resident$68,716county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.68%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service8.9 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport348283county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station44 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths31.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.3%county
Public schools in the county107county
Public school enrollment73362county
Students per full-time teacher16.4county
Free lunch eligible42.5%county
Elementary schools67county
Middle schools12county
High schools18county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians72county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county8county
Hospitals here with an emergency department6county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.8%county
Frequent mental distress15.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population632,780county
Land area in square miles1,015county
People per square mile of land623.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores87county
Convenience stores78county
Share living far from a food store29.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.2%county
Population change since 2020+9.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age46.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over24.5%county
Share of households that are one person30.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.7%county
Second languages12.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents81county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents14county
Households that moved in20,374county
Households that moved away15,358county
Average income of arriving households$80,978county
Average income of departing households$68,374county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes15county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4,624county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings27.0%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature73.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.05 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F55 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 9bcounty
Frost-free days314 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 5county
Average first fall frostDec 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$155county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use1,129 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$27.11(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity87.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas9.6%county
Homes heated by propane0.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband93.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk95.0county
Coastal flood risk82.0county
Drought risk49.0county
Landslide risk49.6county
Hail risk35.1county
Earthquake risk46.4county
Tornado risk95.3county
Tropical cyclone risk99.7county
Extreme heat risk85.5county
Winter weather risk0.0county
Strong wind risk96.0county
Wildfire risk97.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Brevard County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Florida figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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