Brevard County Real Estate - Grant

Grant-Valkaria is a town located south of Melbourne in Brevard County, Florida. Grant was originally established in 1925 as a fishing village, and since 1966, the city has held the annual Grant Seafood Festival. The revenues collected through the seafood festival go back into the community through college scholarships and summer break activities for the local children. Originally two separate communities, Grant and Valkaria were joined in July of 2006 to create the single Incorporated Town of Grant-Valkaria.

Grant is in East Central Florida. Grant is approximately 46 miles from Port Saint Lucie (population 164,603) and around 8 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).

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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 
527 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
511 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
518 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
510 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
526 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
535 Poplar St Se Single Family 1,392 B
518 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
526 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
510 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3111 Foremere Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
534 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
534 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
543 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
542 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3151 Foremere Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
519 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
519 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
527 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
527 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
511 Jewell St Se Single Family 1,171 B
551 Poplar St Se Single Family 1,257 B
511 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
535 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
535 Jewell St Se Single Family 2,006 B
558 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3100 Foremere Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
550 Poplar St Se Single Family 1,979 B
543 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
503 Waterside Rd Se Single Family 1,932 B
543 Jewell St Se Single Family 1,808 B
559 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
551 Waterside Rd Se Single Family 1,342 B
558 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
501 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
551 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
542 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3160 Foremere Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
518 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
567 Poplar St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
526 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
510 Jewell St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
559 Waterside Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
519 Poplar St Se 0 0 $348,900
318 Silver Frost St Se .51 0 $348,900
2981 Gagstater Ave Se .6 0 $364,900
286 Warwick St Se .61 0 $40,000
3014 San Filippo Dr Se .62 0 $370,000
812 Brookfield St Se .64 0 $25,500
2827 Tivoli Ave Se .67 0 $384,000
2713 Rockford Ave Se .88 0 $425,000
3351 Freedom Ave Sw .94 0 $40,000
947 Turquoise St Se 1.07 0 $35,000
842 Reardon St Se 1.13 0 $49,000
847 Reading St Se 1.14 0 $354,900
208 Lafleur St Sw 1.21 0 $49,000
132 Frazer St Sw 1.23 0 $45,000
3257 Torrence Ave Se 1.28 0 $439,900

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.

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%.

Nearby Companies

Trip Home Share LLC
551 Poplar St
Reliance Group Intl Inc
503 Waterside Road Se
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