Cocoa vs Rockledge

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

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

Rockledge has the higher population (28,279 vs 19,330 in Cocoa). Rockledge has the higher median household income ($83,009 vs $56,553 in Cocoa). Rockledge has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $215,700 in Cocoa).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa	Rockledge
Population	19,330	28,279
Median age	45.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$83,009
Median home value	$215,700	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,706
Housing units	10,108	13,430
Homeownership rate	65.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa	Rockledge
Population	18,285 → 19,330 (+5.7%)	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$38,892 → $56,553 (+45.4%)	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $215,700 (+86.8%)	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,180 (+42.3%)	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)

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

Rockledge

Population

27,30528,279

Median household income

$68,265$83,009

Median home value

$204,800$305,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa	Rockledge
Under 5	6.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa	Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	68.0%
Black or African American	24.7%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa	Rockledge
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa	Rockledge
Drove alone	71.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	3.8%
Public transit	4.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa	Rockledge
1-unit, detached	62.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	12.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa	Rockledge
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1971	1989