Merritt Island vs Rockledge

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

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

Merritt Island has the higher population (34,718 vs 28,279 in Rockledge). Merritt Island has the higher median household income ($91,020 vs $83,009 in Rockledge). Merritt Island has the higher median home value ($379,700 vs $305,800 in Rockledge).

Population, income & housing

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
Population	34,718	28,279
Median age	49.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,020	$83,009
Median home value	$379,700	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,706
Housing units	16,816	13,430
Homeownership rate	81.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
Population	36,532 → 34,718 (-5.0%)	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$64,865 → $91,020 (+40.3%)	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$264,600 → $379,700 (+43.5%)	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,348 (+32.3%)	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)

Merritt Island

Population

36,53234,718

Median household income

$64,865$91,020

Median home value

$264,600$379,700

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,348

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)

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.9%
75 and over	12.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	68.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
Drove alone	75.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	12.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
1-unit, detached	78.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Merritt Island	Rockledge
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1989