Melbourne vs Rockledge

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

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

Melbourne has the higher population (85,718 vs 28,279 in Rockledge). Rockledge has the higher median household income ($83,009 vs $64,504 in Melbourne). Rockledge has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $272,900 in Melbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Rockledge
Population	85,718	28,279
Median age	42.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	$83,009
Median home value	$272,900	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,706
Housing units	40,709	13,430
Homeownership rate	60.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Rockledge
Population	81,468 → 85,718 (+5.2%)	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $64,504 (+32.5%)	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $272,900 (+61.5%)	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,411 (+37.0%)	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)

Melbourne

Population

81,46885,718

Median household income

$48,673$64,504

Median home value

$169,000$272,900

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,411

Rockledge

Population

27,30528,279

Median household income

$68,265$83,009

Median home value

$204,800$305,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	Rockledge
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.9%
75 and over	10.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	68.0%
Black or African American	9.6%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Rockledge
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Rockledge
Drove alone	73.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	12.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Rockledge
1-unit, detached	57.4%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	8.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Rockledge
Poverty rate	14.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1984	1989