Cocoa Beach vs Indian Harbour Beach

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

Cocoa Beach 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.

Cocoa Beach has the higher population (11,341 vs 8,991 in Indian Harbour Beach). Indian Harbour Beach has the higher median household income ($98,046 vs $82,381 in Cocoa Beach). Cocoa Beach has the higher median home value ($451,800 vs $387,400 in Indian Harbour Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
Population	11,341	8,991
Median age	58.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,381	$98,046
Median home value	$451,800	$387,400
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,674
Housing units	8,964	4,730
Homeownership rate	77.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
Population	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)	8,470 → 8,991 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)	$61,856 → $98,046 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)	$296,600 → $387,400 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)	$1,106 → $1,674 (+51.4%)

Cocoa Beach

Population

11,61911,341

Median household income

$58,636$82,381

Median home value

$318,000$451,800

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,555

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)

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
Under 5	1.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	23.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	19.8%	17.4%
75 and over	15.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	15.9%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
Drove alone	70.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.0%	15.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
1-unit, detached	28.9%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	43.2%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa Beach	Indian Harbour Beach
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1975	1979