743 Van Buren St, Melbourne

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 
2014 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,426 C
759 Van Buren St Single Family 1,520 C
2015 Garner Ave Single Family 1,113 C
2027 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,262 C
2002 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,623 C
734 Van Buren St Single Family 2,341 C
762 Van Buren St Single Family 1,060 C
2015 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,261 C
2003 Garner Ave Single Family 1,113 C
720 Van Buren St Single Family 1,280 C
2003 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,235 C
776 Van Buren St Single Family 1,596 C
1988 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,274 C
701 Van Buren St Single Family 1,170 C
787 Van Buren St Single Family 1,276 C
1987 Garner Ave Single Family 1,239 C
2014 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,170 C
2014 Garner Ave Single Family 1,280 C
708 Van Buren St Single Family 1,358 C
1987 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,405 C
790 Van Buren St Single Family 1,131 C
2002 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,150 C
2002 Garner Ave Single Family 1,450 C
1974 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,053 C
1975 Garner Ave Single Family 1,113 C
696 Van Buren St Single Family 1,350 C
1988 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,395 C
748 Croton Rd Single Family 1,276 C
1988 Garner Ave Single Family 1,352 C
1975 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,235 C
801 Van Buren St Single Family 1,060 C
730 Croton Rd Single Family 1,356 C
758 Croton Rd Single Family 1,310 C
2015 Coolidge Ave Single Family 1,516 C
802 Van Buren St Single Family 1,276 C
716 Croton Rd Single Family 1,193 C
768 Croton Rd Single Family 1,531 C
2003 Coolidge Ave Single Family 1,280 C
1962 Wallace Ave Single Family 1,594 C
1974 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,101 C
1974 Garner Ave Single Family 1,328 C
2019 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,578 C
2029 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,040 C
1961 Garner Ave Single Family 1,113 C
2045 Barkley Ave Single Family 1,395 C
780 Croton Rd Single Family 1,366 C
704 Croton Rd Single Family 1,422 C

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
1800 Kole Pl .82 1,627 $329,000
1001 Eau Gallie Blvd W 1.34 828 $179,000
973 Harbor City Blvd N 1.46 3,176 $1,800,000
1315 Cypress Ave 1.56 5,008 $1,200,000
1512 Harbor City Blvd N 1.63 1,248 $378,000
1865 Wickham Rd N 1.65 9,600 $1,200,000
1255 Palmwood Dr 1.68 920 $229,200
7607 Coral Dr 1.71 7,894 $1,050,000
565 Montreal Ave 1.8 2,126 $455,000
1709 Palm Ridge Rd 1.81 1,495 $369,000
580 Wickham Rd S 1.87 6,000 $2,100,000
1365 Pineapple Ave 1.93 1,377 $1,893,000
710 Washburn Rd 1.98 1,020 $215,000
855 Wickham Rd S 2.07 4,722 $1,550,000
800 Wickham Rd S 2.1 1,744 $995,000

Local Household Income

The median household income in this part of Florida is $65,996. The bottom 10% of the population earn less than $23,217 per year. The top 10% earn more than $150,879 per year. The top 1% earn more than $414,648 per year. Most renters earn between $28,332 (20th percentile) and $50,268 (80th percentile) per year. Someone earning the median household income in this area is likely to qualify for a mortgage between $131,992 and $164,990.

The tax assessed value of this property places it in percentile 21 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $35,603 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $71,206 and $89,008.

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 $847. Most renters earn between $2,361 and $4,189 per month. They typically spend 33% of their monthly income on rent. Most rents fall in the $608 (20th percentile) to $1,140 (80th percentile) range. The residential vacancy rate is 8%.

This property falls in percentile 21 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $615 per month and a monthly household income of $2,384 ($28,608 per year)

Nearby Companies

Leslie Taylor Hair, Inc
758 Croton Rd
Roxanne Scianna Photography Inc
734 Van Buren St
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