Cocoa West vs Mims

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

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

Mims has the higher population (7,282 vs 5,416 in Cocoa West). Mims has the higher median household income ($57,232 vs $32,746 in Cocoa West). Mims has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $135,000 in Cocoa West).

Population, income & housing

	Cocoa West	Mims
Population	5,416	7,282
Median age	40.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,746	$57,232
Median home value	$135,000	$235,600
Median gross rent	$1,103	$874
Housing units	3,036	4,047
Homeownership rate	54.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocoa West	Mims
Population	6,595 → 5,416 (-17.9%)	6,375 → 7,282 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$36,156 → $32,746 (-9.4%)	$55,483 → $57,232 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $135,000 (+35.3%)	$155,700 → $235,600 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,103 (+23.4%)	$823 → $874 (+6.2%)

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

Mims

Population

6,3757,282

Median household income

$55,483$57,232

Median home value

$155,700$235,600

Median gross rent

$823$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocoa West	Mims
Under 5	7.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.6%
75 and over	5.3%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocoa West	Mims
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	30.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocoa West	Mims
No high school diploma	19.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	44.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocoa West	Mims
Drove alone	83.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocoa West	Mims
1-unit, detached	53.6%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Cocoa West	Mims
Poverty rate	36.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1972	1987