Cocoa vs Port St. John

A side-by-side comparison of Cocoa and Port St. John: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port St. John has the higher population (24,617 vs 19,330 in Cocoa). Port St. John has the higher median household income ($84,214 vs $56,553 in Cocoa). Port St. John has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $215,700 in Cocoa).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa	Port St. John
Population	19,330	24,617
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$84,214
Median home value	$215,700	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,679
Housing units	10,108	10,247
Homeownership rate	65.3%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa	Port St. John
Population	18,285 → 19,330 (+5.7%)	11,684 → 24,617 (+110.7%)
Median household income	$38,892 → $56,553 (+45.4%)	$56,955 → $84,214 (+47.9%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $215,700 (+86.8%)	$149,900 → $262,700 (+75.3%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,180 (+42.3%)	$1,126 → $1,679 (+49.1%)

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

Port St. John

Population

11,68424,617

Median household income

$56,955$84,214

Median home value

$149,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa	Port St. John
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.4%
75 and over	8.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa	Port St. John
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	81.9%
Black or African American	24.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa	Port St. John
No high school diploma	12.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa	Port St. John
Drove alone	71.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.8%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa	Port St. John
1-unit, detached	62.0%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa	Port St. John
Poverty rate	11.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1971	1989