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 
199 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
217 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
226 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
234 La Gore St Sw Single Family 2,006 B
218 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
191 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
210 Lagoon St Sw Single Family 2,020 B
202 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
3399 Fox Hills Ave Sw Single Family 1,814 B
3381 Fox Hills Ave Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
218 Lagoon St Sw Single Family 1,814 B
210 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
198 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
181 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
226 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
188 Lagoon St Sw Single Family 2,141 B
202 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
227 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
219 La Gore St Sw Single Family 1,808 B
235 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
171 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
234 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
178 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
209 La Gore St Sw Single Family 2,020 B
242 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
3399 Froude Ave Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
161 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
168 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
206 Finch St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
251 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
258 La Gore St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
224 Finch St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
3356 Froude Ave Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
3385 Froude Ave Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
250 Lagoon St Sw Single Family 1,940 B
3361 Fargo Ave Sw Vacant Residential 0 L
158 Lagoon St Sw Vacant Residential 0 L

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
3351 Freedom Ave Sw .15 0 $40,000
3150 Lakeland Ave Sw .53 0 $31,000
286 Warwick St Se .55 0 $40,000
318 Silver Frost St Se .58 0 $348,900
448 St Andre Blvd Sw .68 0 $400,000
2981 Gagstater Ave Se .75 0 $364,900
450 Lagrange St Sw .83 0 $160,000
208 Lafleur St Sw .86 0 $49,000
3014 San Filippo Dr Se .9 0 $370,000
590 St Andre Blvd Sw .91 0 $45,000
757 Sandlewood St Sw 1.07 0 $39,500
519 Poplar St Se 1.08 0 $348,900
132 Frazer St Sw 1.15 0 $45,000
642 Treasure Cove St Sw 1.19 0 $27,000
3159 Papaya Ave Sw 1.19 0 $24,500

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

A & Sj Trucking, Inc.
188 Lagoon St Sw
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