Cape Canaveral vs Viera West

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

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

Viera West has the higher population (17,169 vs 9,976 in Cape Canaveral). Viera West has the higher median household income ($98,107 vs $70,585 in Cape Canaveral). Viera West has the higher median home value ($539,000 vs $323,900 in Cape Canaveral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
Population	9,976	17,169
Median age	59.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,585	$98,107
Median home value	$323,900	$539,000
Median gross rent	$1,156	$2,080
Housing units	8,885	7,714
Homeownership rate	61.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
Population	10,377 → 9,976 (-3.9%)	11,369 → 17,169 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$54,653 → $70,585 (+29.2%)	$68,345 → $98,107 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$244,900 → $323,900 (+32.3%)	$296,100 → $539,000 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,156 (+29.5%)	$1,701 → $2,080 (+22.3%)

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 West

Population

11,36917,169

Median household income

$68,345$98,107

Median home value

$296,100$539,000

Median gross rent

$1,701$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
Under 5	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	29.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	13.0%
75 and over	14.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	70.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
Drove alone	71.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	14.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
1-unit, detached	8.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	30.4%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cape Canaveral	Viera West
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.8%
Average household size	1.69	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1985	2011