Palm Bay vs Rockledge

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

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

Palm Bay has the higher population (125,273 vs 28,279 in Rockledge). Rockledge has the higher median household income ($83,009 vs $67,521 in Palm Bay). Rockledge has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $248,000 in Palm Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
Population	125,273	28,279
Median age	41.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,521	$83,009
Median home value	$248,000	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,706
Housing units	48,826	13,430
Homeownership rate	79.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
Population	111,997 → 125,273 (+11.9%)	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$51,408 → $67,521 (+31.3%)	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $248,000 (+59.8%)	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,487 (+40.4%)	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)

Palm Bay

Population

111,997125,273

Median household income

$51,408$67,521

Median home value

$155,200$248,000

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,487

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)

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.9%
75 and over	8.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	68.0%
Black or African American	17.4%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
Drove alone	76.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
1-unit, detached	83.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	2.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Palm Bay	Rockledge
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1992	1989