Brevard County Real Estate - Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is located on east central Florida's Space Coast. Melbourne is about an hour's drive south of the Kennedy Space center, and 1-1/2 hours due east of Disney World. The City is in the southern portion of Brevard County. Interstate-95 runs through the county from north-to-south. Access roads from the west include the Beach line Expressway (formerly the Beeline) and US. 192, which runs through Melbourne to the beaches.

While most of Melbourne is located on the Florida mainland, a small portion is located on a barrier island. The Indian River Lagoon separates the mainland from the island. The island is a narrow strip of land that separates the Lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning the Indian River Lagoon to connect the mainland to the barrier island are a pair of four-lane, high-rise bridges -- the Melbourne Causeway and the Eau Gallie Causeway.

The City is approximately 41 square miles in size, with about 75% of that land in use. The City of Melbourne population was 78,427 as of April 1, 2010, according to the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research. The population of Melbourne continues to grow at a modest rate. Melbourne is located at the center of a much larger urban area, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Melbourne International Airport serves Florida's Space and Treasure Coasts with domestic and international passenger and air freight service. Melbourne International Airport is served by carriers including Delta Airlines and US Airways. The Airport also provides services including charter passenger flights, private aviation, and air freight flights. International services include U.S. Customs, I.N.S., and U.S.D.A.

The city was named Melbourne in honor of its first postmaster, Cornthwaite John Hector, an Englishman who had spent much of his life in Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne contains defense and technology companies with a high concentration of high-tech workers. The following corporations have operations in Melbourne:

Melbourne has two downtown business districts, a result of the merger of Eau Gallie into Melbourne:

  • Downtown Eau Gallie Arts District
  • Historic Downtown Melbourne. Among other retail outlets, this has 26 eating and drinking establishments within a four block extent.

Melbourne is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 76,068.

The median age for residents of Melbourne is 43.3. Around 23.5% of Melbourne households include school aged children and 32.4% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 80.9% of the Melbourne population are White, 10.3% are Black or African American, .3% American Indian, 3.1% Asian and 3.1% are Two or more Races.

There are 38,955 housing units in Melbourne. 4,915 (12.6%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 15,728 residential rental units in Melbourne. 13,725 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.5%.

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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

AddressTypeSq FtClass 
3800 Eau Gallie Blvd W Store, one story 28,672 B
3760 Eau Gallie Blvd W Store, one story 28,672 B
3840 Eau Gallie Blvd W Store, one story 28,672 B
1140 Talon Way Undefined - Reserved for Use by Department of Revenue 0 L
1138 Talon Way Undefined - Reserved for Use by Department of Revenue 0 L
1150 Talon Way Single Family 2,634 B
1145 Talon Way Single Family 3,550 B
1160 Talon Way Single Family 3,547 B
1155 Talon Way Single Family 3,195 B
1170 Talon Way Single Family 2,805 B
1165 Talon Way Single Family 3,588 B
1243 United Dr Single Family 2,626 B
1180 Talon Way Single Family 3,736 B
1253 United Dr Single Family 3,587 B

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
1149 White Oak Cir .2 1,865 $380,000
710 Washburn Rd .48 1,020 $215,000
710 Washburn Rd .52 1,020 $215,000
600 John Rodes Blvd N 1.15 0 $1,400,000
1865 Wickham Rd N 1.39 9,600 $1,200,000
9045 Ellis Rd 1.87 3,600 $1,399,000
7607 Coral Dr 1.9 7,894 $1,050,000
580 Wickham Rd S 2.15 6,000 $2,100,000
4075 Parkway Dr 2.25 3,485 $925,000
1918 Aurora Rd 2.36 896 $599,900
800 Wickham Rd S 2.37 1,744 $995,000
1800 Kole Pl 2.42 1,627 $329,000
855 Wickham Rd S 2.42 4,722 $1,550,000
2073 Stewart Rd 2.82 1,900 $499,900
1709 Palm Ridge Rd 2.82 1,495 $369,000

Nearby Companies

A Cut Above, Video Productions, Inc.
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Wicham, Inc.
4835 W Eau Gallie Blvd
650 Green LLC
5095 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Express Repair, L.L.C.
5095 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Family Rentals LLC
5095 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Et Boat, LLC
5095 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Renningers Southeast, Inc.
4835 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Kt Trading Co
4835 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Mccatz I Properties, LLC
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Dd Foods Eau Gallie, LLC
4640 W Eau Gallie Blvd B
Om Urology, LLC
3160 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Premier Pipe And Wire LLC
5101 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Alan S. Diamond, P.A.
3962 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Funk, Szachacz & Diamond, LLC
3962 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Kepler B. Funk, P.A.
3962 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Keith F. Szachacz, P.A.
3962 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Funk & Szachacz P.A.
3962 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Groveland Mobile Home Park, LLC
4651 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Hollandale Mobile Home Park, LLC
4651 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Your Outdoor Source, LLC
5101 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Krbr Land Holdings LLC
5101 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Armor Distribution, Inc.
5101 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Powercore Communications, Inc.
5101 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Quix Products LLC
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Capitol Investments LLC
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Curtis Parry, P.A.
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Ability Plus Therapy, Inc.
4450 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Pah Constructors, Inc.
5101 W Eau Galllie Blvd
Bundle Services LLC
4835 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Doris Kitchen Latin Flavors LLC
4835 W Eau Gallie Blvd
B&B Tees Inc.
4835 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Contreras Family Corporation
4835 W Eau Gallie Blvd
No Limits Academy, Inc.
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd Ste 180
Community Christian School, Inc.
3550 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Discover Life Church, Church Of God, Inc.
3550 West Eau Gallie Blvd
Ccm Holdings Of Melbourne, LLC
4150 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Christian Care Ministry, Inc.
4150 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Renewed Counseling, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Dl Worship, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Parkhurst Academy, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Gethealthy.Church, Inc
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Parkhurst Music Academy, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Parkhurst, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
School Of Wealth, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Parkhurst Solutions, Inc.
3550 W Eau Gallie Blvd
Tenuto, Incroporated
2010 West Eau Gallie Blvd
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