902 Fir St, Sebastian
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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| 904 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,626 | B |
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| 906 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,893 | B |
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| 903 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,049 | B |
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| 905 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,288 | B |
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| 908 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,334 | B |
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| 901 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,620 | B |
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| 711 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,248 | B |
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| 709 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 907 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,561 | B |
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| 713 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,400 | B |
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| 707 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 680 | C |
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| 715 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 720 | C |
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| 910 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,860 | B |
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| 705 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 960 | B |
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| 902 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 909 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,860 | B |
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| 904 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 703 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,334 | B |
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| 717 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 720 | C |
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| 906 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 701 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,701 | B |
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| 801 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 828 | B |
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| 911 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,664 | B |
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| 912 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 719 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,589 | B |
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| 908 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 800 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 1,740 | A |
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| 721 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,456 | B |
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| 913 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 910 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 914 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 704 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 984 | B |
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| 706 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,248 | B |
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| 903 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,512 | B |
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| 905 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,294 | B |
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| 702 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,316 | B |
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| 723 Barefoot Blvd | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 802 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 1,483 | B |
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| 907 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,863 | B |
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| 710 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 768 | B |
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| 700 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 672 | C |
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| 912 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,368 | B |
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| 915 Fir St | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 807 Juniper Dr | Mobile Home | 1,104 | B |
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| 909 Spruce St | Mobile Home | 1,207 | B |
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| 712 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 672 | C |
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| 707 Silverthorn Ct | Mobile Home | 1,056 | B |
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| 725 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,012 | B |
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| 654 Barefoot Blvd | Mobile Home | 1,125 | 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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| 5319 Bannock St | .15 | 1,269 | $220,000 |
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| 927 Spruce St | .18 | 1,150 | $184,500 |
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| 916 Frangi Pani Dr | .28 | 1,372 | $215,000 |
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| 616 Puffin Dr | .37 | 650 | $155,000 |
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| 413 Plover Dr | .49 | 0 | $79,500 | |
| 7656 Highway 1 | .75 | 1,447 | $549,900 |
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| 6240 Highway 1 | 1.95 | 1,152 | $1,899,900 |
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| 6870 Orchid Tree Dr | 2.22 | 2,541 | $1,680,000 |
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| 47 Vip Is | 2.83 | 1,150 | $699,900 |
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| 356 Aquarina Blvd | 3.06 | 2,103 | $675,000 |
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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 12 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $20,150 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $40,300 and $50,375.
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 12 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $630 per month and a monthly household income of $1,878 ($22,536 per year)