Micco vs North Merritt Island

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

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

Micco has the higher population (9,053 vs 8,903 in North Merritt Island). North Merritt Island has the higher median household income ($113,897 vs $46,809 in Micco). North Merritt Island has the higher median home value ($495,400 vs $156,400 in Micco).

Population, income & housing

	Micco	North Merritt Island
Population	9,053	8,903
Median age	67.2 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,809	$113,897
Median home value	$156,400	$495,400
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,328
Housing units	6,839	3,838
Homeownership rate	93.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Micco	North Merritt Island
Population	9,047 → 9,053 (+0.1%)	8,343 → 8,903 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$37,517 → $46,809 (+24.8%)	$90,019 → $113,897 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $156,400 (+67.6%)	$339,000 → $495,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,340 (+68.8%)	$1,574 → $1,328 (-15.6%)

Micco

Population

9,0479,053

Median household income

$37,517$46,809

Median home value

$93,300$156,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,340

North Merritt Island

Population

8,3438,903

Median household income

$90,019$113,897

Median home value

$339,000$495,400

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Micco	North Merritt Island
Under 5	0.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	4.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	33.1%	13.2%
75 and over	23.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Micco	North Merritt Island
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Micco	North Merritt Island
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Micco	North Merritt Island
Drove alone	72.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	23.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Micco	North Merritt Island
1-unit, detached	27.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	65.7%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Micco	North Merritt Island
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.8%
Average household size	1.80	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1986	1995