557 Johnson St, Cocoa
Brevard County Real Estate - Rockledge
Rockledge is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 24,926. Rockledge is approximately 42 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 21 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).
The median age for residents of Rockledge is 44.2. Around 29.3% of Rockledge households include school aged children and 29.9% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 78.6% of the Rockledge population are White, 14.4% are Black or African American, .3% American Indian, 2.4% Asian and 2.6% are Two or more Races.
There are 11,240 housing units in Rockledge. 1,016 (9%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 2,464 residential rental units in Rockledge. 2,200 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 10.6%.
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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
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| 565 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,014 | C |
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| 559 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,014 | C |
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| 561 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,014 | C |
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| 563 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,014 | C |
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| 606 Bernard St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,188 | C |
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| 604 Bernard St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,188 | C |
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| 508 Blake Ave | Single Family | 1,248 | C |
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| 558 Johnson St | Single Family | 801 | C |
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| 562 Johnson St | Single Family | 1,176 | C |
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| 556 Johnson St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,705 | C |
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| 554 Johnson St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,705 | C |
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| 617 Barbara Jenkins St | County Owned | 1,792 | C |
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| 615 Barbara Jenkins St | County Owned | 1,792 | C |
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| 612 Bernard St | Single Family | 936 | C |
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| 610 Bernard St | Single Family | 936 | C |
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| 608 Bernard St | Single Family | 936 | C |
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| 532 Blake Ave | Single Family | 936 | C |
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| 606 Bernard St | Single Family | 936 | C |
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| 566 Johnson St | Single Family | 1,754 | C |
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| 552 Johnson St | Single Family | 928 | C |
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| 504 Blake Ave | Single Family | 912 | C |
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| 609 Barbara Jenkins St | Single Family | 864 | C |
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| 606 Johnson St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,094 | C |
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| 538 Bernard St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,094 | C |
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| 540 Bernard St | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,094 | C |
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| 500 Blake Ave | Single Family | 748 | C |
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| 606 Lucas Ln | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,056 | C |
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| 600 Lucas Ln | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,056 | C |
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| 600 Blake Ave | Church | 1,080 | B |
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| 601 Barbara Jenkins St | Single Family | 1,408 | C |
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| 709 Thomas Ln | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,610 | C |
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| 711 Thomas Ln | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,610 | C |
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| 604 Blake Ave | Vacant Institutional Property | 0 | L | |
| 543 Bernard St | Single Family | 1,104 | C |
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| 537 Bernard St | Single Family | 1,104 | C |
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| 541 Bernard St | Single Family | 1,104 | C |
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| 535 Bernard St | Single Family | 1,104 | C |
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| 507 Blake Ave | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 4,426 | B |
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| 509 Blake Ave | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 4,426 | B |
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| 531 Blake Ave | Store, one story | 2,128 | C |
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| 515 Wilson Ave S | Single Family | 624 | C |
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| 511 Wilson Ave S | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 517 Wilson Ave S | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 606 Blake Ave | Single Family | 534 | C |
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| 501 Wilson Ave S | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,166 | C |
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| 601 Lucas Ln | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,166 | C |
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| 509 Wilson Ave S | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 1,166 | C |
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| 611 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,368 | C |
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| 613 Johnson St | County Owned | 4,368 | C |
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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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| 1229 King St W | .61 | 1,920 | $489,900 |
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| 536 Delannoy Ave | .78 | 3,461 | $899,000 |
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| 205 Coral Way | 1.03 | 994 | $195,000 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.1 | 850 | $50,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.1 | 600 | $44,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.1 | 600 | $44,900 |
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| 1411 Belleview Rd | 1.17 | 0 | $32,900 | |
| 229 Clearlake Rd | 1.21 | 5,609 | $1,500,000 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 850 | $50,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 600 | $44,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 850 | $44,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 850 | $44,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 850 | $50,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 850 | $50,900 |
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| 800 Fiske Blvd N | 1.49 | 600 | $44,900 |
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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%.
Nearby Companies
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