155 W University Blvd, 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:
- DRS Technologies
- General Electric Transportation Systems and GE Energy Automation
- HarrisCorporation (including corporate headquarters)
- Northrop Grumman employed 1,640 workers in 2009
- Rockwell Collins employed 1,430 in 2009
- Embraer completed a 89,000 square feet hanger and administrative office at the Melbourne Airport in February 2011.
- Live TV has its headquarters 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
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| 2923 Science Cir | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 2900 Babcock St S | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 180 Management St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 179 Management St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 168 Management St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 154 Management St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 156 Management St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3306 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3316 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3326 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3216 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3125 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3127 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3123 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3247 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3126 Panther Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3121 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3122 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3120 Psychology Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3017 Panther Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3011 Panther Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 50 Southgate Blvd | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 2600 Country Club Rd | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 2675 Country Club Rd | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 15 Babbling Brook Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 7 Babbling Brook Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 27 Babbling Brook Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 34 Babbling Brook Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 36 Babbling Brook Pl | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3000 Country Club Rd | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3018 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3020 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3012 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3114 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 140 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 144 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 174 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 169 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 149 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 139 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 135 Florida Tech Dr | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 158 Aeronautics St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 148 Aeronautics St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 161 Aeronautics St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 2930 Science Cir | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 2939 Science Cir | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | B |
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| 3118 Engineering St | Private school or college | 1,048,125 | 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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| 3848 Town Square Blvd | .9 | 1,216 | $295,000 |
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| 111 New Haven Ave W | .99 | 3,150 | $865,000 |
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| 3083 Chica Cir | 1.13 | 2,862 | $425,000 |
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| 1932 Abington Dr | 1.21 | 1,440 | $379,000 |
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| 308 Strawbridge Ave E | 1.22 | 0 | $539,000 | |
| 900 New Haven Ave W | 1.28 | 3,126 | $880,000 |
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| 833 New Haven Ave E | 1.45 | 8,109 | $2,990,000 |
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| 603 Heming Way | 1.47 | 0 | $414,700 | |
| 2230 Monroe St Ne | 1.52 | 2,496 | $325,000 |
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| 2814 Harbor City Blvd S | 1.53 | 1,400 | $629,000 |
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| 115 Irwin Ave Nw | 1.58 | 1,440 | $360,413 |
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| 4204 Canby Dr | 1.59 | 2,306 | $415,000 |
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| 1005 Strawbridge Ave E | 1.59 | 8,618 | $1,995,000 |
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| 2502 Victoria Dr Ne | 1.73 | 0 | $79,000 | |
| 4927 Pinewood Dr Ne | 1.75 | 1,036 | $175,000 |
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