Brevard County vs Seminole County

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

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

Brevard County has the higher population (620,533 vs 474,912 in Seminole County). Seminole County has the higher median household income ($83,030 vs $75,817 in Brevard County). Seminole County has the higher median home value ($357,300 vs $304,400 in Brevard County).

Population, income & housing

	Brevard County	Seminole County
Population	620,533	474,912
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,817	$83,030
Median home value	$304,400	$357,300
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,686
Housing units	294,461	197,167
Homeownership rate	76.9%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevard County	Seminole County
Population	585,507 → 620,533 (+6.0%)	461,402 → 474,912 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$56,775 → $75,817 (+33.5%)	$66,768 → $83,030 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $304,400 (+55.0%)	$242,600 → $357,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,456 (+36.3%)	$1,242 → $1,686 (+35.7%)

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

Seminole County

Population

461,402474,912

Median household income

$66,768$83,030

Median home value

$242,600$357,300

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevard County	Seminole County
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.6%
75 and over	10.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevard County	Seminole County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	9.2%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevard County	Seminole County
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevard County	Seminole County
Drove alone	76.1%	69.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.2%	19.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevard County	Seminole County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	14.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Brevard County	Seminole County
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1987	1988