Cocoa West vs Melbourne Beach

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

Cocoa West and Melbourne Beach 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 3,237 in Melbourne Beach). Melbourne Beach has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $32,746 in Cocoa West). Melbourne Beach has the higher median home value ($634,400 vs $135,000 in Cocoa West).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
Population	5,416	3,237
Median age	40.1 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,746	$86,563
Median home value	$135,000	$634,400
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,390
Housing units	3,036	1,801
Homeownership rate	54.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
Population	6,595 → 5,416 (-17.9%)	3,247 → 3,237 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$36,156 → $32,746 (-9.4%)	$76,250 → $86,563 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $135,000 (+35.3%)	$368,000 → $634,400 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,103 (+23.4%)	$1,968 → $1,390 (-29.4%)

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

Melbourne Beach

Population

3,2473,237

Median household income

$76,250$86,563

Median home value

$368,000$634,400

Median gross rent

$1,968$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
Under 5	7.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.8%
75 and over	5.3%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	30.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
No high school diploma	19.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
Drove alone	83.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	27.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
1-unit, detached	53.6%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa West	Melbourne Beach
Poverty rate	36.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1972	1974