Brevard County vs Lee County

A side-by-side comparison of Brevard County and Lee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brevard County and Lee County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lee County has the higher population (792,692 vs 620,533 in Brevard County). Brevard County has the higher median household income ($75,817 vs $73,099 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($326,300 vs $304,400 in Brevard County).

Population, income & housing

	Brevard County	Lee County
Population	620,533	792,692
Median age	46.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,817	$73,099
Median home value	$304,400	$326,300
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,597
Housing units	294,461	430,243
Homeownership rate	76.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevard County	Lee County
Population	585,507 → 620,533 (+6.0%)	737,468 → 792,692 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$56,775 → $75,817 (+33.5%)	$57,832 → $73,099 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $304,400 (+55.0%)	$224,800 → $326,300 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,456 (+36.3%)	$1,154 → $1,597 (+38.4%)

Brevard County

Population

585,507620,533

Median household income

$56,775$75,817

Median home value

$196,400$304,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,456

Lee County

Population

737,468792,692

Median household income

$57,832$73,099

Median home value

$224,800$326,300

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevard County	Lee County
Under 5	4.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.4%
75 and over	10.6%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevard County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	63.7%
Black or African American	9.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevard County	Lee County
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevard County	Lee County
Drove alone	76.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevard County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Brevard County	Lee County
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1987	1995