Merritt Island vs Titusville

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

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

Titusville has the higher population (49,004 vs 34,718 in Merritt Island). Merritt Island has the higher median household income ($91,020 vs $64,898 in Titusville). Merritt Island has the higher median home value ($379,700 vs $243,100 in Titusville).

Population, income & housing

	Merritt Island	Titusville
Population	34,718	49,004
Median age	49.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,020	$64,898
Median home value	$379,700	$243,100
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,281
Housing units	16,816	23,805
Homeownership rate	81.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merritt Island	Titusville
Population	36,532 → 34,718 (-5.0%)	45,932 → 49,004 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$64,865 → $91,020 (+40.3%)	$46,609 → $64,898 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$264,600 → $379,700 (+43.5%)	$143,700 → $243,100 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,348 (+32.3%)	$948 → $1,281 (+35.1%)

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

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)

	Merritt Island	Titusville
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.7%
75 and over	12.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merritt Island	Titusville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	71.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merritt Island	Titusville
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merritt Island	Titusville
Drove alone	75.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merritt Island	Titusville
1-unit, detached	78.3%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	16.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Merritt Island	Titusville
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1973	1982