Melbourne Beach vs Sharpes

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

Melbourne Beach and Sharpes 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 2,948 in Sharpes). Melbourne Beach has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $67,917 in Sharpes). Melbourne Beach has the higher median home value ($634,400 vs $259,400 in Sharpes).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
Population	3,237	2,948
Median age	54.6 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,563	$67,917
Median home value	$634,400	$259,400
Median gross rent	$1,390	$845
Housing units	1,801	1,525
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
Population	3,247 → 3,237 (-0.3%)	3,221 → 2,948 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$76,250 → $86,563 (+13.5%)	$39,702 → $67,917 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$368,000 → $634,400 (+72.4%)	$84,000 → $259,400 (+208.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,968 → $1,390 (-29.4%)	$770 → $845 (+9.7%)

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

Sharpes

Population

3,2212,948

Median household income

$39,702$67,917

Median home value

$84,000$259,400

Median gross rent

$770$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
Under 5	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.9%
75 and over	13.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	10.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
Drove alone	63.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
1-unit, detached	70.3%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne Beach	Sharpes
Poverty rate	6.5%	25.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	41
Median year structure built	1974	1978