Cape Canaveral vs Micco

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

Cape Canaveral and Micco 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 9,053 in Micco). Cape Canaveral has the higher median household income ($70,585 vs $46,809 in Micco). Cape Canaveral has the higher median home value ($323,900 vs $156,400 in Micco).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
Population	9,976	9,053
Median age	59.5 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$46,809
Median home value	$323,900	$156,400
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,340
Housing units	8,885	6,839
Homeownership rate	61.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	9,047 → 9,053 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$37,517 → $46,809 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$93,300 → $156,400 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$794 → $1,340 (+68.8%)

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

Micco

Population

9,0479,053

Median household income

$37,517$46,809

Median home value

$93,300$156,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
Under 5	1.1%	0.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	5.0%
18 to 24	2.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	29.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	33.1%
75 and over	14.1%	23.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
Drove alone	71.4%	72.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	14.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	11.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
1-unit, detached	8.7%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	30.4%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	65.7%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Micco
Poverty rate	8.8%	12.1%
Average household size	1.69	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1986