Cape Canaveral vs Indian Harbour Beach

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

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

Cape Canaveral has the higher population (9,976 vs 8,991 in Indian Harbour Beach). Indian Harbour Beach has the higher median household income ($98,046 vs $70,585 in Cape Canaveral). Indian Harbour Beach has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $323,900 in Cape Canaveral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
Population	9,976	8,991
Median age	59.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$98,046
Median home value	$323,900	$387,400
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,674
Housing units	8,885	4,730
Homeownership rate	61.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	8,470 → 8,991 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$61,856 → $98,046 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$296,600 → $387,400 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$1,106 → $1,674 (+51.4%)

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

Indian Harbour Beach

Population

8,4708,991

Median household income

$61,856$98,046

Median home value

$296,600$387,400

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
Under 5	1.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	5.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	29.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.4%
75 and over	14.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	82.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
Drove alone	71.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.7%	15.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
1-unit, detached	8.7%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	30.4%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Indian Harbour Beach
Poverty rate	8.8%	14.8%
Average household size	1.69	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1985	1979