Cocoa vs Viera West

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

Cocoa and Viera West 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 17,169 in Viera West). Viera West has the higher median household income ($98,107 vs $56,553 in Cocoa). Viera West has the higher median home value ($539,000 vs $215,700 in Cocoa).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa	Viera West
Population	19,330	17,169
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$98,107
Median home value	$215,700	$539,000
Median gross rent	$1,180	$2,080
Housing units	10,108	7,714
Homeownership rate	65.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa	Viera West
Population	18,285 → 19,330 (+5.7%)	11,369 → 17,169 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$38,892 → $56,553 (+45.4%)	$68,345 → $98,107 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $215,700 (+86.8%)	$296,100 → $539,000 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,180 (+42.3%)	$1,701 → $2,080 (+22.3%)

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 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	Viera West
Under 5	6.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.0%
75 and over	8.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa	Viera West
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	70.8%
Black or African American	24.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa	Viera West
No high school diploma	12.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa	Viera West
Drove alone	71.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa	Viera West
1-unit, detached	62.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	12.3%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa	Viera West
Poverty rate	11.7%	2.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	2011