Cocoa vs Viera East

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

Cocoa and Viera East 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 13,082 in Viera East). Viera East has the higher median household income ($97,386 vs $56,553 in Cocoa). Viera East has the higher median home value ($365,400 vs $215,700 in Cocoa).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa	Viera East
Population	19,330	13,082
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$97,386
Median home value	$215,700	$365,400
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,563
Housing units	10,108	5,712
Homeownership rate	65.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa	Viera East
Population	18,285 → 19,330 (+5.7%)	11,796 → 13,082 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$38,892 → $56,553 (+45.4%)	$73,929 → $97,386 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $215,700 (+86.8%)	$267,000 → $365,400 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,180 (+42.3%)	$1,246 → $1,563 (+25.4%)

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

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	Viera East
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.5%
75 and over	8.9%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa	Viera East
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	77.6%
Black or African American	24.7%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa	Viera East
No high school diploma	12.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa	Viera East
Drove alone	71.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.2%	17.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa	Viera East
1-unit, detached	62.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.6%
20 or more units	12.3%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa	Viera East
Poverty rate	11.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1971	2000