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Brevard County Real Estate - Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 11,231. Cocoa Beach is approximately 49 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 20 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).
The median age for residents of Cocoa Beach is 55.7. Around 13.5% of Cocoa Beach households include school aged children and 46.2% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 95.6% of the Cocoa Beach population are White, .7% are Black or African American, .3% American Indian, 1.5% Asian and 1.1% are Two or more Races.
There are 8,866 housing units in Cocoa Beach. 2,881 (32.4%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. Cocoa Beach is a tourist destination, 69.3% (1,999) of it's vacant housing units were classed as seasonal, recreational or for occasional use. There are 2,276 residential rental units in Cocoa Beach. 1,760 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 21.4%.
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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.
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Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location
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| 161 Saint Croix Ave | .2 | 0 | $975,000 | |
| 275 Andros Ave | .22 | 0 | $995,000 | |
| 2020 Atlantic Ave N | .52 | 816 | $264,000 |
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| 1830 Atlantic Ave N | .53 | 1,256 | $499,000 |
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| 750 Atlantic Ave N | 1.07 | 2,343 | $910,000 |
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| 650 Atlantic Ave N | 1.15 | 2,942 | $999,999 |
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| 171 Atlantic Ave N | 1.56 | 0 | $396,000 | |
| 4800 Ocean Beach Blvd | 1.61 | 754 | $312,000 |
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| 315 Minutemen Cswy | 1.69 | 3,200 | $1,250,000 |
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| 5505 Atlantic Ave N | 1.95 | 6,192 | $900,000 |
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| 5807 Banana River Blvd N | 2.01 | 1,315 | $419,000 |
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| 290 Cape Shores Cir | 2.43 | 6,756 | $4,500,000 |
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| 6500 Falcon Way | 2.46 | 1,091 | $269,900 |
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| 673 Orlando Ave S | 2.55 | 1,506 | $649,000 |
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| 6992 Atlantic Ave N | 2.73 | 4,800 | $1,300,000 |
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