165 N Grove St, Merritt Island
Brevard County Real Estate - Cocoa
Cocoa is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 17,140. Cocoa is approximately 40 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 26 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).
The median age for residents of Cocoa is 40. Around 28.6% of Cocoa households include school aged children and 30.5% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 59.1% of the Cocoa population are White, 31.3% are Black or African American, .5% American Indian, 1% Asian and 2.7% are Two or more Races.
There are 8,603 housing units in Cocoa. 1,367 (15.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 3,850 residential rental units in Cocoa. 3,150 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 17.4%.
Cocoa is located in Brevard Country, FL; north of Rockledge and west of Merritt Island. In 2002, Cocoa embarked on an intense annexation program, nearly doubling the city’s size to 14 square miles. The Census population figures do not include these annexed areas.
Some of Cocoa's biggest employers are: Beyel Brothers Crane & Rigging, Braden Kitchens, Brevard Community College, Brewer Paving & Development, CEMEX, and Coastal Steel. Beyel brothers Crane & Rigging is a Cocoa based company that offers heavy hauling and crane rentals. Braden Kitchens is also based in Cocoa, and offers kitchen cabinets. CEMEX provides cement and Coastal steel is a steel erection and fabrication company.
The biggest industries are trade, transportation and utilities and construction.
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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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| 145 Grove St N | Single Family | 960 | C |
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| 135 Grove St N | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,148 | B |
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| 150 Grove St N | Store, one story | 1,894 | C |
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| 170 Grove St N | Restaurant, cafeteria | 3,312 | B |
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| 165 Grove St N | Church | 6,360 | B |
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| 227 Tangerine Ave | Church | 6,360 | B |
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| 105 Grove St N | Professional service building | 3,694 | B |
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| 135 Mc Leod St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 145 Mc Leod St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 155 Mc Leod St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 254 Tangerine Ave | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 100 Parnell St | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 9,709 | B |
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| 105 Mc Leod St | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 8,550 | B |
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| 210 Grove St N | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 3,273 | B |
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| 125 Tangerine Ave | Professional service building | 2,886 | B |
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| 123 Tangerine Ave | Professional service building | 2,886 | B |
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| 125 Tangerine Ave | Professional service building | 2,886 | B |
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| 216 Parnell St | Single Family | 1,144 | C |
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| 204 Parnell St | Single Family | 1,144 | C |
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| 205 Mc Leod St | Store, one story | 1,352 | C |
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| 216 Grove St N | Orphanage, other non-profit or charitable services | 780 | B |
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| 217 Grove St N | Store, one story | 1,354 | C |
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| 60 Grove St N | Professional service building | 1,903 | B |
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| 135 Myrtice Ave | Professional service building | 1,903 | B |
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| 55 Grove St N | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 3,000 | B |
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| 220 Grove St N | Orphanage, other non-profit or charitable services | 3,166 | B |
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| 218 Parnell St | Store, one story | 888 | C |
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| 211 Mc Leod St | Orphanage, other non-profit or charitable services | 5,348 | B |
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| 145 Parnell St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 167 Parnell St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 165 Parnell St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 155 Parnell St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 152 Parnell St | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 55 Mc Leod St | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 2,360 | B |
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| 60 Parnell St | Warehousing, distribution terminal, trucking terminal, or van and storage warehousing | 3,009 | B |
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| 231 Grove St N | Store, one story | 464 | B |
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| 224 Parnell St | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,216 | B |
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| 230 Grove St N | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 1,061 | C |
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| 50 Grove St N | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 2,988 | B |
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| 205 Parnell St | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 979 | B |
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| 115 Parnell St | Professional service building | 2,772 | B |
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| 160 Mc Leod St | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 2,250 | B |
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| 150 Mc Leod St | Office building, non-professional service building, one story | 2,250 | B |
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| 35 Grove St N | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 2,000 | C |
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| 211 Parnell St | Single Family | 1,366 | 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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| 440 Merritt Island Cswy W | .25 | 1,066 | $899,000 |
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| 260 Tropical Trl N | .26 | 10,413 | $2,149,900 |
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| 76 Merritt Island Cswy E | .26 | 12,444 | $3,149,900 |
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| 1395 Courtenay Pkwy N | .29 | 1,350 | $179,900 |
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| 230 Merritt Island Cswy E | .4 | 16,200 | $3,149,900 |
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| 850 Courtenay Pkwy N | .9 | 1,680 | $795,000 |
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| 975 Courtenay Pkwy N | 1.03 | 7,404 | $749,000 |
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| 777 Merritt Island Cswy E | 1.04 | 627,156 | $129,000 |
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| 250 Sykes Creek Pkwy S | 1.26 | 1,260 | $389,000 |
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| 536 Delannoy Ave | 1.46 | 3,461 | $899,000 |
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| 330 Surfspray Dr | 1.47 | 1,188 | $690,000 |
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| 247 Island Beach Blvd | 1.54 | 3,016 | $575,000 |
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| 657 Brevard Ave | 1.57 | 3,526 | $974,900 |
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| 461 Forrest Ave | 1.76 | 3,762 | $769,900 |
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| 160 Bounty St | 2.16 | 704 | $115,000 |
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