Rockledge vs West Melbourne

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

Rockledge and West Melbourne 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 27,643 in West Melbourne). West Melbourne has the higher median household income ($90,521 vs $83,009 in Rockledge). West Melbourne has the higher median home value ($341,500 vs $305,800 in Rockledge).

Population, income & housing

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
Population	28,279	27,643
Median age	48.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,009	$90,521
Median home value	$305,800	$341,500
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,801
Housing units	13,430	11,113
Homeownership rate	78.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
Population	27,305 → 28,279 (+3.6%)	22,225 → 27,643 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$68,265 → $83,009 (+21.6%)	$68,277 → $90,521 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$204,800 → $305,800 (+49.3%)	$224,400 → $341,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,706 (+32.2%)	$1,349 → $1,801 (+33.5%)

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

West Melbourne

Population

22,22527,643

Median household income

$68,277$90,521

Median home value

$224,400$341,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.6%
75 and over	12.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	69.7%
Black or African American	16.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
Drove alone	82.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
1-unit, detached	73.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Rockledge	West Melbourne
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1989	2003