Cocoa Beach vs Viera West

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

Cocoa Beach 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 11,341 in Cocoa Beach). Viera West has the higher median household income ($98,107 vs $82,381 in Cocoa Beach). Viera West has the higher median home value ($539,000 vs $451,800 in Cocoa Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
Population	11,341	17,169
Median age	58.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,381	$98,107
Median home value	$451,800	$539,000
Median gross rent	$1,555	$2,080
Housing units	8,964	7,714
Homeownership rate	77.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
Population	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)	11,369 → 17,169 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)	$68,345 → $98,107 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)	$296,100 → $539,000 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)	$1,701 → $2,080 (+22.3%)

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 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)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
Under 5	1.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	23.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	13.0%
75 and over	15.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	15.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
Drove alone	70.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	14.1%
Other means	2.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
1-unit, detached	28.9%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	43.2%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa Beach	Viera West
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1975	2011