Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,408 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,099 (0.7%)
Area name: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brevard County is $574 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $911 a month.
Cities in this county include: Palm Bay
, Melbourne
, Titusville
, Merritt Island
, Rockledge
, Cocoa
, Cocoa Beach
, Port St. John
, West Melbourne
, Satellite Beach
.
2005 air pollution in Brevard County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.081 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.072 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
48 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
8.3 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
18 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Indian River County
, Orange County
, Osceola County
, Seminole County
, Volusia County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brevard County: Launch
Complex 12
(A),
Launch Complex 11
(B),
Central Control
(C),
Lane Cabbage Camp
(D),
Central Telemetry
(E),
Northway Plaza
(F),
Lyratta Dock
(G),
Kuhl Dock
(H),
Pirtle Plaza
(I),
Command Control
(J),
Poinsett Lodge
(K),
Ragin Fish Camp
(L),
Beacon Camp
(M),
John F Kennedy Space Center
(N),
Leonard Ranch
(O),
Shiloh Camp
(P),
Shoppes of West Melbourne
(Q),
Southway Plaza
(R),
Sweetwater Camp
(S),
Tenmile Ranch
(T)
Shopping Centers: Lori
Lane Shopping Center
(1),
Sand Point Village Shopping Center
(2)
Churches in Brevard County include: Saint
Gabriel Episcopal Church
(A),
Saint Lukes Church
(B)
Cemetery: Bethel
Cemetery
(1).
Lakes and swamps: Sharpes
Lake
(A),
Hellen Blazes, Lake
(B),
Sawgrass Lake
(C),
Florence, Lake
(D),
Salt Lake
(E),
Valkaria Lake
(F),
Moore Pond
(G),
Challenger Lake
(H)
Rivers and creeks: Buck
Creek
(A),
Tenmile Creek
(B),
Rockedge Creek
(C),
Gator Creek
(D),
Harrison Road Creek
(E),
Big Flounder Creek
(F),
Trout Creek
(G),
North Prong Saint Sebastian River
(H),
Banana Creek
(I)
Parks in Brevard County include: Fox
Lake Park
(1),
Kars Park
(2),
Brevard County Game Refuge
(3),
Banana River Aquatic Preserve
(4),
Canaveral National Seashore
(5),
Hatbill Park
(6),
Saint Johns National Wildlife Refuge
(7),
Spessard Holland Park
(8),
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
(9)
Beaches: Playalinda
Beach
(A),
Klondike Beach
(B)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 23,877
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 31,001 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Brevard
County: |
6.5% | | Whole
state: | 16.7% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 4,856
- 1990
to 1994: 3,225
- 1985
to 1989: 2,899
- 1980
to 1984: 2,665
- 1975
to 1979: 2,860
- 1970
to 1974: 2,634
- 1970
to 1974: 3,142
- 1965
to 1969: 8,720
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Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.2%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 135,412
- One,
attached: 11,398
- Two:
3,690
- 3
or 4: 7,978
- 5
to 9: 10,771
- 10
to 19: 9,364
- 20
or more: 18,168
- Mobile
homes: 24,092
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 1,199
Housing units in Brevard County with a mortgage: 83,409 (10,243 second mortgage, 7,042 home equity loan, 223 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33,878 Agriculture
in Brevard County
Average size of farms: 338 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $75961
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $2255.82
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 42.48%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 16.25%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $55489
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 8.34%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 68.55%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $42237
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.21%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.79
Land in orchards: 8613 acresBrevard
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Florida state average. It is 3.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 12 fatalities and 638 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/4/1966, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 11 people and injured 530 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males in 2005: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Transportation
equipment (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Computer
and electronic products (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (5%)
|
Most
common industries for females in 2005:
|
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (10%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males in 2005:
|
- Engineers
(7%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer
specialists (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Canada
(9%)
- United
Kingdom (8%)
- Jamaica
(8%)
- Germany
(7%)
- India
(4%)
- Philippines
(4%)
- Mexico
(3%)
|
Most
common first ancestries reported in Brevard County:
|
- German
(14%)
- Irish
(12%)
- English
(12%)
- United
States or American (10%)
- Italian
(9%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
- Polish
(3%)
|
|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 171,034 (83%)
- Carpooled:
21,862 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 361 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 29 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 23 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
17 (0%)
- Taxi:
161 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
765 (0%)
- Bicycle:
1,278 (1%)
- Walked:
2,653 (1%)
- Other
means: 1,390 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 5,506 (3%)
|
People
in group quarters in Brevard County, Florida
- 2543
people in nursing homes
- 1409
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 1291
people in state prisons
- 1140
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 1088
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 407
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 398
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 382
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 197
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 197
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 180
people in military barracks, etc.
- 167
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 91
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 74
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 66
people in other group homes
- 56
people in crews of maritime vessels
- 52
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 43
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 30
people in military ships
- 29
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5
people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
- 4
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $54,195.
7.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,901 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.08% | | Florida
average: | 8.71% |
0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($900 average AGI)
| Brevard
County: |
0.21% | | Florida
average: | 0.22% |
2.64% relocated from other counties in Florida ($15,353 average AGI)
4.23% relocated from other states ($28,649 average AGI)
| Brevard
County: |
4.23% | | Florida
average: | 4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Orange County, FL
|
0.46% ($40,661 average AGI) |
| from
Broward County, FL
|
0.36% ($43,051) |
| from
Palm Beach County, FL
|
0.22% ($45,912) |
| from
Miami-Dade County, FL
|
0.17% ($40,216) |
| from
Indian River County, FL
|
0.14% ($41,116) |
| from
Seminole County, FL
|
0.13% ($50,430) |
| from
Volusia County, FL
|
0.13% ($37,660) |
6.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,980 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.04% | | Florida
average: | 7.73% |
0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($724 average AGI)
| Brevard
County: |
0.11% | | Florida
average: | 0.12% |
2.41% relocated to other counties in Florida ($15,865 average AGI)
3.52% relocated to other states ($24,391 average AGI)
| Brevard
County: |
3.52% | | Florida
average: |
3.31% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Orange County, FL
|
0.50% ($36,520 average AGI) |
| to
Indian River County, FL
|
0.18% ($47,103) |
| to
Volusia County, FL
|
0.14% ($40,108) |
| to
Seminole County, FL
|
0.13% ($44,107) |
| to
Hillsborough County, FL
|
0.12% ($34,665) |
| to
Duval County, FL
|
0.12% ($30,639) |
| to
Palm Beach County, FL
|
0.10% ($36,061) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.0
Births
per 1000 population in Brevard County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in Brevard County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Brevard County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 103,480 (90,785 aged, 12,695 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 466,528
- In
family households: 387,360 (103,795 male householders, 29,594 female householders)
106,766
spouses, 120,193 children (109,202 natural, 3,641 adopted, 7,350 stepchildren), 7,372 grandchildren, 2,429 brothers or sisters, 3,497 parents, 5,466 other relatives, 8,248 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 79,168 (30,400 male householders (23,241 living alone)), 34,582 female householders (30,028 living alone)), 14,186 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 9,702 (6,367 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 67,833 2-persons, 28,576 3-persons, 23,062 4-persons, 9,409 5-persons, 3,255 6-persons, 1,254 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 53,269 1-person, 10,136 2-persons, 1,186 3-persons, 265 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons.
67,634 married couples with children.
25,994 single-parent households (5,908 men, 20,086 women).
91.3% of residents of Brevard County speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $5,905,222,000 ($11370 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,094,889,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $2,054,549,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $712,493,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,264,000
Federal grants: $261,996,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,400,352,000 ($1,492,370,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $471,568,000 ($217,224,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $997,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $394,708,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,841,252,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 26,081
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 63
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 28,251
| Here: |
53 per 1000 residents | | State: |
49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3,855
| Here: |
+7 per 1000 residents | | State: | +30
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +54,150
| Here: |
+102 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+59 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Brevard County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 27.74 millions of gallons per day (49% from ground, 51% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 5,162
- 1995
to 1998: 17,772
- 1990
to 1994: 26,322
- 1980
to 1989: 68,720
- 1970
to 1979: 38,617
- 1960
to 1969: 42,097
- 1950
to 1959: 17,962
- 1940
to 1949: 2,625
- 1939
or earlier: 2,795
|
Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Brevard County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 192
- 2
rooms: 1,652
- 3
rooms: 6,331
- 4
rooms: 16,416
- 5
rooms: 33,772
- 6
rooms: 37,405
- 7
rooms: 27,952
- 8
rooms: 15,263
- 9
or more rooms: 8,895
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brevard County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 1,983
- 2
rooms: 5,405
- 3
rooms: 8,785
- 4
rooms: 14,091
- 5
rooms: 10,146
- 6
rooms: 5,849
- 7
rooms: 2,728
- 8
rooms: 948
- 9
or more rooms: 382
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brevard County:
|
- no
bedroom: 375
- 1
bedroom: 4,839
- 2
bedrooms: 34,629
- 3
bedrooms: 79,338
- 4
bedrooms: 26,017
- 5
or more bedrooms: 2,680
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brevard County:
|
- no
bedroom: 2,383
- 1
bedroom: 12,355
- 2
bedrooms: 20,866
- 3
bedrooms: 12,519
- 4
bedrooms: 2,060
- 5
or more bedrooms: 134
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Brevard County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 4,646
- 1
vehicle: 54,815
- 2
vehicles: 66,024
- 3
vehicles: 17,454
- 4
vehicles: 3,777
- 5
or more vehicles: 1,162
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Brevard County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 5,933
- 1
vehicle: 26,257
- 2
vehicles: 15,034
- 3
vehicles: 2,406
- 4
vehicles: 502
- 5
or more vehicles: 185
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53% of Brevard County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Florida.
| Brevard
County: |
52.6% | | State
average: |
51.1% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 133707
- Northeast:
122466
- Midwest:
72296
- South:
86395
- West:
19428
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,400 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(81%)
- Utility
gas (15%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(88%)
- Utility
gas (8%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6,095
| Here: |
12.0% | | Florida: |
11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,996
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 5,037
| Here: |
25.2% | | Florida: |
21.0% |
Brevard
County government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $1,556,000
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $120,460,000
- Charges
- All Other: $54,193,000
Solid Waste Management: $30,001,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,305,000
Regular Highways: $4,566,000
- Construction
- Parks & Recreation: $8,544,000
Central Staff Services: $5,782,000
Water Utilities: $2,869,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,319,000
Libraries: $789,000
- Current
Operations - Fire Protection: $43,637,000
Police Protection: $43,554,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $32,700,000
Financial Administration: $28,584,000
Solid Waste Management: $26,763,000
General - Other: $26,591,000
Parks & Recreation: $22,744,000
Regular Highways: $21,639,000
Corrections - Other: $18,707,000
Health Services - Other: $18,215,000
Water Utilities: $15,462,000
Libraries: $12,112,000
Housing & Community Development: $10,944,000
Transit Utilities: $10,357,000
Natural Resources - Other: $7,529,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $4,792,000
Central Staff Services: $4,675,000
Welfare - Other: $3,853,000
Air Transportation: $2,537,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $8,432,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,752,000
Transit Utilities: $2,478,000
Health & Hospitals: $666,000
General Support: $135,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $17,794,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Health: $4,500,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,296,000
All Other: $92,000
Transit Utilities: $76,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $87,342,000
Industrial Revenue: $31,900,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $259,351,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $60,315,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $16,370,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $91,360,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $166,289,000
Industrial Revenue: $88,675,000
Water Utilities: $82,572,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,540,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $18,072,000
Water Utilities: $4,770,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $20,752,000
Special Assessments: $20,030,000
Interest Earnings: $10,122,000
Rents: $1,446,000
Property Sale Other: $311,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $10,832,000
Natural Resource - Other: $6,276,000
Police Protection: $3,907,000
Fire Protection: $2,380,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,362,000
Financial Administration: $1,949,000
Libraries: $1,894,000
Judicial: $1,031,000
Housing & Community Development: $798,000
Health - Other: $645,000
General - Other: $607,000
Central Staff: $474,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $141,000
Welfare - Other: $28,000
Corrections - Other: $24,000
Transit Utilities: $9,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $154,057,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $22,916,000
Transit Utilities: $3,422,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $127,503,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $29,389,000
Transit Utilities: $10,428,000
All Other: $8,395,000
Highways: $7,713,000
Housing & Community Development: $3,094,000
Health & Hospitals: $46,000
- Tax
- Property: $158,041,000
Public Utilities: $10,471,000
Motor Fuels Sales: $7,544,000
NEC: $7,063,000
Other Selective Sales: $6,258,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $202,050,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,241,000
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