Malabar vs Melbourne Beach

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

Malabar and Melbourne Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Melbourne Beach has the higher population (3,237 vs 3,017 in Malabar). Malabar has the higher median household income ($123,345 vs $86,563 in Melbourne Beach). Melbourne Beach has the higher median home value ($634,400 vs $441,700 in Malabar).

Population, income & housing

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
Population	3,017	3,237
Median age	55.7 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$123,345	$86,563
Median home value	$441,700	$634,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,390
Housing units	1,366	1,801
Homeownership rate	95.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
Population	3,061 → 3,017 (-1.4%)	3,247 → 3,237 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,721 → $123,345 (+82.1%)	$76,250 → $86,563 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $441,700 (+65.7%)	$368,000 → $634,400 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,313 (-3.6%)	$1,968 → $1,390 (-29.4%)

Malabar

Population

3,0613,017

Median household income

$67,721$123,345

Median home value

$266,500$441,700

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,313

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)

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
Under 5	2.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	28.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.8%
75 and over	11.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
Drove alone	74.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	27.1%
Other means	6.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
1-unit, detached	93.3%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Malabar	Melbourne Beach
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1974