Cocoa vs Cocoa Beach

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

Cocoa and Cocoa Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cocoa has the higher population (19,330 vs 11,341 in Cocoa Beach). Cocoa Beach has the higher median household income ($82,381 vs $56,553 in Cocoa). Cocoa Beach has the higher median home value ($451,800 vs $215,700 in Cocoa).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
Population	19,330	11,341
Median age	45.0 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$82,381
Median home value	$215,700	$451,800
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,555
Housing units	10,108	8,964
Homeownership rate	65.3%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
Population	18,285 → 19,330 (+5.7%)	11,619 → 11,341 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$38,892 → $56,553 (+45.4%)	$58,636 → $82,381 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $215,700 (+86.8%)	$318,000 → $451,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,180 (+42.3%)	$1,196 → $1,555 (+30.0%)

Cocoa

Population

18,28519,330

Median household income

$38,892$56,553

Median home value

$115,500$215,700

Median gross rent

$829$1,180

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
Under 5	6.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	23.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.8%
75 and over	8.9%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	24.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
No high school diploma	12.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
Drove alone	71.9%	70.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	1.7%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.2%	23.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
1-unit, detached	62.0%	28.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	16.6%
20 or more units	12.3%	43.2%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa	Cocoa Beach
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1971	1975