Melbourne Village vs Tropical Park

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

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

Tropical Park has the higher population (2,567 vs 753 in Melbourne Village). Melbourne Village has the higher median household income ($93,846 vs $29,297 in Tropical Park). Melbourne Village has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $226,700 in Tropical Park).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
Population	753	2,567
Median age	59.5 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,846	$29,297
Median home value	$348,600	$226,700
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,159
Housing units	370	1,020
Homeownership rate	91.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
Population	814 → 753 (-7.5%)	2,064 → 2,567 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $93,846 (+41.7%)	$24,656 → $29,297 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $348,600 (+39.4%)	$143,300 → $226,700 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,167 (+22.8%)	$1,177 → $1,159 (-1.5%)

Melbourne Village

Population

814753

Median household income

$66,250$93,846

Median home value

$250,000$348,600

Median gross rent

$950$1,167

Tropical Park

Population

2,0642,567

Median household income

$24,656$29,297

Median home value

$143,300$226,700

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
Under 5	2.9%	13.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	26.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	6.4%
65 to 74	21.0%	5.4%
75 and over	20.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	37.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	12.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
Drove alone	77.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.6%
Public transit	3.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	9.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
1-unit, detached	95.9%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne Village	Tropical Park
Poverty rate	9.4%	41.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1961	1965