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 
3288 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3276 Westmore Rd Se Single Family 1,199 B
785 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
775 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
795 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3270 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3294 Westmore Rd Se Single Family 1,068 B
3283 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3289 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
765 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3277 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3264 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3265 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 C
3271 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
755 Brookfield St Se Single Family 1,576 C
827 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3280 Wallace Ave Se Single Family 1,366 B
786 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3288 Wallace Ave Se Single Family 1,636 B
776 Brookfield St Se Single Family 1,721 C
3272 Wallace Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3258 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
796 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
806 Brookfield St Se Single Family 1,460 C
812 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
800 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3264 Wallace Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3259 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential Land - Single Family Platted 0 L
756 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
818 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
826 Brookfield St Se Single Family 1,364 B
3252 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3248 Wallace Ave Se Single Family 2,047 B
745 Brookfield St Se Single Family 2,076 C
834 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3256 Wallace Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 C
3253 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
746 Brookfield St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3281 Wallace Ave Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3273 Wallace Ave Se Single Family 1,347 B
3228 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L
3222 Westmore Rd Se Vacant Residential 0 L

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
812 Brookfield St Se .06 0 $25,500
519 Poplar St Se .59 0 $348,900
3257 Torrence Ave Se .77 0 $439,900
2827 Tivoli Ave Se .85 0 $384,000
286 Warwick St Se .97 0 $40,000
318 Silver Frost St Se .99 0 $348,900
2940 Flagstaff Ave Se 1.05 0 $38,000
2713 Rockford Ave Se 1.07 0 $425,000
947 Turquoise St Se 1.15 0 $35,000
2981 Gagstater Ave Se 1.18 0 $364,900
1150 Moon St Se 1.21 0 $409,900
3014 San Filippo Dr Se 1.21 0 $370,000
847 Reading St Se 1.31 0 $354,900
842 Reardon St Se 1.32 0 $49,000
3351 Freedom Ave Sw 1.39 0 $40,000

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.

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

Fox Trim LLC
776 Brookfield St Se
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