Melbourne Village vs Patrick AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Melbourne Village and Patrick AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Patrick AFB has the higher population (1,606 vs 753 in Melbourne Village). Melbourne Village has the higher median household income ($93,846 vs $82,829 in Patrick AFB). Since 2019, Patrick AFB's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
Population	753	1,606
Median age	59.5 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,846	$82,829
Median home value	$348,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,950
Housing units	370	513
Homeownership rate	91.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
Population	814 → 753 (-7.5%)	1,533 → 1,606 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $93,846 (+41.7%)	$56,591 → $82,829 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $348,600 (+39.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,167 (+22.8%)	$1,494 → $1,950 (+30.5%)

Melbourne Village

Population

814753

Median household income

$66,250$93,846

Median home value

$250,000$348,600

Median gross rent

$950$1,167

Patrick AFB

Population

1,5331,606

Median household income

$56,591$82,829

Median gross rent

$1,494$1,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
Under 5	2.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	19.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	21.0%	4.4%
75 and over	20.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	62.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	12.4%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
Drove alone	77.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.1%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	16.2%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
1-unit, detached	95.9%	6.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	81.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne Village	Patrick AFB
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1961	1988