Melbourne vs Titusville

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

Melbourne and Titusville 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 49,004 in Titusville). Titusville has the higher median household income ($64,898 vs $64,504 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($272,900 vs $243,100 in Titusville).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Titusville
Population	85,718	49,004
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	$64,898
Median home value	$272,900	$243,100
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,281
Housing units	40,709	23,805
Homeownership rate	60.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Titusville
Population	81,468 → 85,718 (+5.2%)	45,932 → 49,004 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $64,504 (+32.5%)	$46,609 → $64,898 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $272,900 (+61.5%)	$143,700 → $243,100 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,411 (+37.0%)	$948 → $1,281 (+35.1%)

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

Titusville

Population

45,93249,004

Median household income

$46,609$64,898

Median home value

$143,700$243,100

Median gross rent

$948$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne	Titusville
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.7%
75 and over	10.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Titusville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	71.4%
Black or African American	9.6%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Titusville
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Titusville
Drove alone	73.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	10.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Titusville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	8.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Titusville
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1984	1982