Indian Harbour Beach vs North Merritt Island

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Harbour Beach and North Merritt Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Indian Harbour Beach and North Merritt Island are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indian Harbour Beach has the higher population (8,991 vs 8,903 in North Merritt Island). North Merritt Island has the higher median household income ($113,897 vs $98,046 in Indian Harbour Beach). North Merritt Island has the higher median home value ($495,400 vs $387,400 in Indian Harbour Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
Population	8,991	8,903
Median age	48.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,046	$113,897
Median home value	$387,400	$495,400
Median gross rent	$1,674	$1,328
Housing units	4,730	3,838
Homeownership rate	78.3%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
Population	8,470 → 8,991 (+6.2%)	8,343 → 8,903 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$61,856 → $98,046 (+58.5%)	$90,019 → $113,897 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$296,600 → $387,400 (+30.6%)	$339,000 → $495,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,674 (+51.4%)	$1,574 → $1,328 (-15.6%)

Indian Harbour Beach

Population

8,4708,991

Median household income

$61,856$98,046

Median home value

$296,600$387,400

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,674

North Merritt Island

Population

8,3438,903

Median household income

$90,019$113,897

Median home value

$339,000$495,400

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
Under 5	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.2%
75 and over	9.9%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	13.4%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
Drove alone	77.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	23.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
1-unit, detached	43.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	22.6%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Indian Harbour Beach	North Merritt Island
Poverty rate	14.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1979	1995