926 Fay Blvd, Cocoa
Brevard County Real Estate - Sharpes
Sharpes is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 3,411. Sharpes is approximately 38 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 29 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).
The median age for residents of Sharpes is 47.3. Around 23.9% of Sharpes households include school aged children and 34.2% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 91.9% of the Sharpes population are White, 3.3% are Black or African American, .9% American Indian, .5% Asian and 2.2% are Two or more Races.
There are 1,728 housing units in Sharpes. 257 (14.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 428 residential rental units in Sharpes. 369 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.4%.
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Brevard County
Brevard County is located in the East Central Florida region, along with Orange, Volusia, Sumter, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties. There are many incorporated municipalities in Brevard. Cities include Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite Beach, Titusville, and West Melbourne. The towns in Brevard are Grant-Valkaria, Indiatlantic, Malabar, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne Village, and Palm Shores. Brevard?s population is well over half a million.
Top industries for Brevard County include technology, tourism, agriculture, and other service businesses. Top public sector employers for Brevard County are the Brevard County School Board, Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, NASA, and US Department of Defense. Private sector employers include Harris Corporation, Health First, Inc., United Space Alliance, Wuesthoff Health System, and Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Kennedy Space Center is located on Merritt Island in Brevard County and provides many jobs for the area, as well as acting as a popular tourist destination. It is from this activity that Brevard takes its nickname, the Space Coast. Nicknamed "Space City USA", the city of Titusville is across the water from KSC. The city?s population is highly-educated. The city is a popular destination for visitors wishing to see spacecraft launches.
Other tourist attractions in Brevard County include Port Canaveral, one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Cocoa Beach. Port Canaveral is serviced by Disney Cruise Lines, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean. Not just a tourist destination, the port is within a foreign trade zone.
In 2010 and 2011, the Brookings Institution reported that Brevard ranked in the bottom fifth of the nation's top metro areas, based on unemployment, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosed properties. In 2011, the county was rated the 6th worst in the nation for foreclosures. RealtyTrac rated Brevard as the best county in the United States for buyers in 2013 because of the low prices.
Neighboring Properties
| Address | Type | Sq Ft | Class | |
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| 946 Fay Blvd | Professional service building | 2,448 | B |
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| 565 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 2,000 | B |
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| 555 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,212 | B |
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| 545 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,636 | B |
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| 950 Fay Blvd | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,922 | B |
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| 3720 Curtis Blvd | Store, one story | 671 | B |
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| 3740 Curtis Blvd | Store, one story | 674 | B |
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| 3700 Curtis Blvd | Vacant Residential | 0 | B | |
| 535 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,356 | B |
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| 901 Arabella Ln | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 3,652 | B |
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| 933 Fay Blvd | Single Family | 1,230 | C |
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| 566 Adobe Ave | Single Family | 1,385 | C |
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| 954 Fay Blvd | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,228 | B |
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| 954 Fay Blvd | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,228 | B |
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| 525 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,601 | B |
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| 550 Adobe Ave | Single Family | 1,206 | C |
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| 6665 Dallas Ave | Single Family | 1,574 | B |
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| 934 Arabella Ln | Federal Owned | 1,120 | C |
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| 949 Fay Blvd | Single Family | 1,420 | C |
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| 534 Adobe Ave | Single Family | 1,421 | C |
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| 917 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,200 | C |
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| 515 Arabella Ln | Single Family | 1,601 | B |
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| 942 Arabella Ln | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 6655 Dallas Ave | Single Family | 1,100 | B |
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Nearest MLS Listings
Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location
| Address | Miles | Sq Ft | Price | |
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| 3820 Curtis Blvd | .27 | 0 | $499,999 | |
| 3880 Curtis Blvd | .45 | 255 | $249,000 |
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| 936 Tope St | .57 | 1,176 | $299,999 |
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| 6425 Wien Ln | .61 | 0 | $29,000 | |
| 720 West Ave | .62 | 15,688 | $99,999 |
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| 7360 Highway 1 N | .78 | 1,186 | $315,000 |
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| 4260 Piedras St | .81 | 1,010 | $280,000 |
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| 332 Spring St | 1.23 | 0 | $175,000 | |
| 330 Iris St | 1.39 | 1,150 | $91,000 |
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| 7580 Highway 1 S | 1.51 | 2,207 | $329,900 |
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| 7404 Glenwood Rd | 1.61 | 0 | $90,000 | |
| 7412 Glenwood Rd | 1.62 | 0 | $90,000 | |
| 6880 Hundred Acre Dr | 2.45 | 2,236 | $529,900 |
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| 4380 Highway 1 N | 2.53 | 1,652 | $460,000 |
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| 6088 Ajax Ct | 3.08 | 1,382 | $349,500 |
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Local Household Income
The median household income in this part of Florida is $62,468. The bottom 10% of the population earn less than $20,497 per year. The top 10% earn more than $145,332 per year. The top 1% earn more than $390,929 per year. Most renters earn between $28,824 (20th percentile) and $50,820 (80th percentile) per year. Someone earning the median household income in this area is likely to qualify for a mortgage between $124,936 and $156,170.
Source: US Census American Community Survey - 2008-2012 ACS 5-year PUMS estimates
Local Rents
The median monthly rent in this part of Florida is $871. Most renters earn between $2,402 and $4,235 per month. They typically spend 32% of their monthly income on rent. Most rents fall in the $635 (20th percentile) to $1,227 (80th percentile) range. The residential vacancy rate is 10%.
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