Cocoa West vs Grant-Valkaria

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

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

Cocoa West has the higher population (5,416 vs 4,655 in Grant-Valkaria). Grant-Valkaria has the higher median household income ($120,500 vs $32,746 in Cocoa West). Grant-Valkaria has the higher median home value ($481,400 vs $135,000 in Cocoa West).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
Population	5,416	4,655
Median age	40.1 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,746	$120,500
Median home value	$135,000	$481,400
Median gross rent	$1,103	$2,565
Housing units	3,036	1,983
Homeownership rate	54.5%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
Population	6,595 → 5,416 (-17.9%)	4,176 → 4,655 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$36,156 → $32,746 (-9.4%)	$75,938 → $120,500 (+58.7%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $135,000 (+35.3%)	$319,400 → $481,400 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,103 (+23.4%)	$977 → $2,565 (+162.5%)

Cocoa West

Population

6,5955,416

Median household income

$36,156$32,746

Median home value

$99,800$135,000

Median gross rent

$894$1,103

Grant-Valkaria

Population

4,1764,655

Median household income

$75,938$120,500

Median home value

$319,400$481,400

Median gross rent

$977$2,565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	24.5%
75 and over	5.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	30.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
No high school diploma	19.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
Drove alone	83.2%	69.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	18.3%
Other means	2.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
1-unit, detached	53.6%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa West	Grant-Valkaria
Poverty rate	36.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1972	1996