Cape Canaveral vs Satellite Beach

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

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

Satellite Beach has the higher population (11,250 vs 9,976 in Cape Canaveral). Satellite Beach has the higher median household income ($115,684 vs $70,585 in Cape Canaveral). Satellite Beach has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $323,900 in Cape Canaveral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
Population	9,976	11,250
Median age	59.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$115,684
Median home value	$323,900	$459,800
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,921
Housing units	8,885	4,891
Homeownership rate	61.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	10,873 → 11,250 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$79,082 → $115,684 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$300,200 → $459,800 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$1,476 → $1,921 (+30.1%)

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

Satellite Beach

Population

10,87311,250

Median household income

$79,082$115,684

Median home value

$300,200$459,800

Median gross rent

$1,476$1,921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
Under 5	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	29.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	11.9%
75 and over	14.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
Drove alone	71.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.7%	20.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
1-unit, detached	8.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	30.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Satellite Beach
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.7%
Average household size	1.69	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1975