Cape Canaveral vs Cocoa Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cocoa Beach has the higher population (11,341 vs 9,976 in Cape Canaveral). Cocoa Beach has the higher median household income ($82,381 vs $70,585 in Cape Canaveral). Cocoa Beach has the higher median home value ($451,800 vs $323,900 in Cape Canaveral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
Population	9,976	11,341
Median age	59.5 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$82,381
Median home value	$323,900	$451,800
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,555
Housing units	8,885	8,964
Homeownership rate	61.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)

Cape Canaveral

Population

10,3779,976

Median household income

$54,653$70,585

Median home value

$244,900$323,900

Median gross rent

$893$1,156

Cocoa Beach

Population

11,61911,341

Median household income

$58,636$82,381

Median home value

$318,000$451,800

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
Under 5	1.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	29.8%	23.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	19.8%
75 and over	14.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
Drove alone	71.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	1.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	22.7%	23.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
1-unit, detached	8.7%	28.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	16.6%
20 or more units	30.4%	43.2%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Cocoa Beach
Poverty rate	8.8%	9.1%
Average household size	1.69	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1975