258 Emerson Dr Nw, Palm Bay
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
| Address | Type | Sq Ft | Class | |
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| 260 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,654 | B |
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| 1301 Hof Pl Nw | Single Family | 1,252 | B |
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| 254 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,461 | B |
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| 789 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,566 | B |
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| 257 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,056 | C |
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| 259 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,293 | C |
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| 262 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 2,069 | B |
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| 252 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 2,024 | B |
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| 255 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,244 | C |
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| 781 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,747 | B |
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| 811 Rostock Cir Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 253 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,344 | B |
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| 796 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,498 | B |
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| 261 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,455 | B |
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| 800 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,872 | B |
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| 788 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,548 | B |
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| 264 Emerson Dr Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 250 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,382 | B |
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| 806 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,404 | B |
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| 773 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,703 | B |
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| 817 Rostock Cir Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 251 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,909 | B |
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| 814 Thuringer St Nw | Single Family | 1,371 | C |
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| 1330 Coberg Ave Nw | Single Family | 1,548 | C |
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| 824 Thuringer St Nw | Single Family | 1,107 | C |
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| 263 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,216 | C |
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| 812 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 2,037 | B |
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| 780 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,703 | B |
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| 834 Thuringer St Nw | Single Family | 1,037 | C |
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| 266 Emerson Dr Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 248 Emerson Dr Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 1335 Coberg Ave Nw | Single Family | 1,862 | B |
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| 249 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,637 | B |
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| 765 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,688 | B |
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| 823 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 1,254 | C |
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| 818 Rostock Cir Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L | |
| 265 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,323 | C |
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| 844 Thuringer St Nw | Single Family | 1,839 | B |
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| 772 Rostock Cir Nw | Single Family | 2,083 | B |
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| 782 Thuringer St Nw | Single Family | 1,420 | C |
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| 268 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,356 | C |
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| 246 Emerson Dr Nw | Single Family | 1,180 | C |
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| 247 Emerson Dr Nw | Vacant Residential | 0 | L |
Nearest MLS Listings
Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location
| Address | Miles | Sq Ft | Price | |
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| 740 Norse St Nw | .42 | 0 | $55,000 | |
| 1386 Unter Ave Nw | 1.08 | 0 | $362,900 | |
| 1043 Pace Dr Nw | 1.12 | 0 | $356,900 | |
| 1196 Malone St Nw | 1.23 | 1,384 | $325,000 |
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| 1627 Earlham Ave Nw | 1.7 | 0 | $335,000 | |
| 470 Ixora Ave Nw | 1.75 | 0 | $394,900 | |
| 1810 Rawdon St Nw | 2.04 | 2,343 | $430,000 |
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| 333 Krassner Dr Nw | 2.2 | 0 | $405,000 | |
| 1341 Defender St Nw | 2.21 | 0 | $39,900 | |
| 1698 Holbrook Rd Nw | 2.43 | 0 | $79,000 | |
| 1368 Wing Rd Sw | 2.58 | 0 | $52,500 | |
| 2455 Cottonwood Ave | 2.61 | 1,160 | $899,900 |
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| 346 Triana Ave Sw | 2.7 | 0 | $349,900 | |
| 1266 Sapulpa Rd Sw | 2.72 | 0 | $349,900 | |
| 126 Deauville Ave Se | 2.74 | 0 | $55,000 | |
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.
The tax assessed value of this property places it in percentile 42 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $56,422 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $112,844 and $141,055.
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%.
This property falls in percentile 42 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $784 per month and a monthly household income of $2,893 ($34,716 per year)