Cocoa Beach vs Satellite Beach

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

Cocoa Beach and Satellite 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 11,250 in Satellite Beach). Satellite Beach has the higher median household income ($115,684 vs $82,381 in Cocoa Beach). Satellite Beach has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $451,800 in Cocoa Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
Population	11,341	11,250
Median age	58.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,381	$115,684
Median home value	$451,800	$459,800
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,921
Housing units	8,964	4,891
Homeownership rate	77.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
Population	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)	10,873 → 11,250 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)	$79,082 → $115,684 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)	$300,200 → $459,800 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)	$1,476 → $1,921 (+30.1%)

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

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)

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
Under 5	1.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	23.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.9%
75 and over	15.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	15.9%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
Drove alone	70.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.0%	20.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
1-unit, detached	28.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	43.2%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa Beach	Satellite Beach
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.7%
Average household size	1.90	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1975	1975