Cocoa Beach vs Viera East

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

Cocoa Beach 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 11,341 in Cocoa Beach). Viera East has the higher median household income ($97,386 vs $82,381 in Cocoa Beach). Cocoa Beach has the higher median home value ($451,800 vs $365,400 in Viera East).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
Population	11,341	13,082
Median age	58.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,381	$97,386
Median home value	$451,800	$365,400
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,563
Housing units	8,964	5,712
Homeownership rate	77.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
Population	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)	11,796 → 13,082 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)	$73,929 → $97,386 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)	$267,000 → $365,400 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)	$1,246 → $1,563 (+25.4%)

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

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)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
Under 5	1.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	19.8%	16.5%
75 and over	15.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	15.9%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
Drove alone	70.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.0%	17.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
1-unit, detached	28.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.6%
20 or more units	43.2%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa Beach	Viera East
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1975	2000