Rockledge vs Viera West

A side-by-side comparison of Rockledge and Viera West: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockledge has the higher population (28,279 vs 17,169 in Viera West). Viera West has the higher median household income ($98,107 vs $83,009 in Rockledge). Viera West has the higher median home value ($539,000 vs $305,800 in Rockledge).

Population, income & housing

	Rockledge	Viera West
Population	28,279	17,169
Median age	48.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,009	$98,107
Median home value	$305,800	$539,000
Median gross rent	$1,706	$2,080
Housing units	13,430	7,714
Homeownership rate	78.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockledge	Viera West
Population	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)	11,369 → 17,169 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)	$68,345 → $98,107 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)	$296,100 → $539,000 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)	$1,701 → $2,080 (+22.3%)

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

Viera West

Population

11,36917,169

Median household income

$68,345$98,107

Median home value

$296,100$539,000

Median gross rent

$1,701$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockledge	Viera West
Under 5	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.0%
75 and over	12.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockledge	Viera West
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	70.8%
Black or African American	16.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockledge	Viera West
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockledge	Viera West
Drove alone	82.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	14.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockledge	Viera West
1-unit, detached	73.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Rockledge	Viera West
Poverty rate	7.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1989	2011