Cape Canaveral vs Viera East

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

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

Viera East has the higher population (13,082 vs 9,976 in Cape Canaveral). Viera East has the higher median household income ($97,386 vs $70,585 in Cape Canaveral). Viera East has the higher median home value ($365,400 vs $323,900 in Cape Canaveral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
Population	9,976	13,082
Median age	59.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$97,386
Median home value	$323,900	$365,400
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,563
Housing units	8,885	5,712
Homeownership rate	61.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	11,796 → 13,082 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$73,929 → $97,386 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$267,000 → $365,400 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$1,246 → $1,563 (+25.4%)

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

Viera East

Population

11,79613,082

Median household income

$73,929$97,386

Median home value

$267,000$365,400

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
Under 5	1.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	29.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	16.5%
75 and over	14.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
Drove alone	71.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	22.7%	17.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
1-unit, detached	8.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	10.6%
20 or more units	30.4%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Viera East
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.5%
Average household size	1.69	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1985	2000