918 Spruce St, Barefoot Bay
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
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| 916 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,232 | B |
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| 920 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,213 | B |
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| 919 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,366 | B |
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| 917 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,351 | B |
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| 921 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,391 | B |
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| 914 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,392 | B |
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| 919 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,296 | B |
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| 922 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,196 | B |
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| 921 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 917 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 915 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 927 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,352 | B |
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| 923 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 915 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 912 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,368 | B |
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| 924 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,448 | B |
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| 925 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,322 | B |
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| 920 Fir St | Mobile Home | 736 | B |
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| 913 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 920 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 2,070 | B |
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| 809 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 864 | B |
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| 918 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,196 | B |
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| 931 Fir St | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 922 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 807 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 922 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,380 | B |
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| 916 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,128 | B |
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| 913 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,258 | B |
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| 914 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 926 Fir St | Mobile Home | 960 | B |
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| 910 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 927 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,150 | B |
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| 924 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,370 | B |
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| 926 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 914 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,112 | B |
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| 911 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,664 | B |
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| 928 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,430 | B |
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| 933 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,380 | B |
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| 911 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 912 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 912 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,352 | B |
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| 926 Sequoia St | Mobile Home | 1,317 | B |
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| 930 Fir St | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 929 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 2,126 | B |
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| 908 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 928 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,388 | B |
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| 909 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,860 | B |
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| 921 Sequoia St | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 806 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 1,119 | B |
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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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| 927 Spruce St | .06 | 1,150 | $184,500 |
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| 916 Frangi Pani Dr | .22 | 1,372 | $215,000 |
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| 5319 Bannock St | .26 | 1,269 | $220,000 |
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| 616 Puffin Dr | .39 | 650 | $155,000 |
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| 413 Plover Dr | .59 | 0 | $79,500 | |
| 7656 Highway 1 | .86 | 1,447 | $549,900 |
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| 6240 Highway 1 | 2.01 | 1,152 | $1,899,900 |
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| 6870 Orchid Tree Dr | 2.16 | 2,541 | $1,680,000 |
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| 47 Vip Is | 2.89 | 1,150 | $699,900 |
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Local Household Income
The median household income in this part of Florida is $52,102. The bottom 10% of the population earn less than $18,452 per year. The top 10% earn more than $121,913 per year. The top 1% earn more than $336,928 per year. Most renters earn between $25,716 (20th percentile) and $40,716 (80th percentile) per year. Someone earning the median household income in this area is likely to qualify for a mortgage between $104,204 and $130,255.
The tax assessed value of this property places it in percentile 56 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $57,732 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $115,464 and $144,330.
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 $923. Most renters earn between $2,143 and $3,393 per month. They typically spend 37% of their monthly income on rent. Most rents fall in the $700 (20th percentile) to $1,197 (80th percentile) range. The residential vacancy rate is 7%.
This property falls in percentile 56 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $968 per month and a monthly household income of $2,787 ($33,444 per year)
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