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 
1350 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1343 Tordira St Se Single Family 1,994 B
1358 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1342 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1365 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1366 Tordira St Se Single Family 1,932 B
1335 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1334 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1351 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1357 Washburn St Se Single Family 1,350 B
2110 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2120 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1374 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1375 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1345 Washburn St Se Single Family 1,257 B
1327 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1363 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2100 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2130 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1326 Tordira St Se Single Family 1,535 B
1339 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1369 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1382 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2090 Cogan Dr Se Single Family 2,015 B
1319 Tordira St Se Single Family 2,560 B
1389 Tordira St Se Single Family 2,560 B
2140 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1375 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1318 Tordira St Se Single Family 1,199 B
1333 Washburn St Se Single Family 2,052 B
2080 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1352 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1313 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1381 Washburn St Se Single Family 1,535 B
1346 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1350 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1399 Tordira St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1340 Washburn St Se Single Family 1,342 B
1362 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1390 Tordira St Se Single Family 1,555 C
2121 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1312 Tordira St Se Single Family 2,047 B
2111 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2072 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L
1368 Washburn St Se Vacant Residential 0 L
2131 Cogan Dr Se Single Family 1,640 B
1387 Washburn St Se Single Family 1,330 B
2097 Cogan Dr Se Vacant Residential 0 L

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
3257 Torrence Ave Se .23 0 $439,900
2361 Cogan Dr Se .51 0 $45,000
1498 Deming Dr Se .62 0 $399,900
1150 Moon St Se .9 0 $409,900
2701 Digby Rd Se .93 0 $400,000
812 Brookfield St Se .99 0 $25,500
947 Turquoise St Se 1.25 0 $35,000
2827 Tivoli Ave Se 1.27 0 $384,000
2651 Quentin Ave Se 1.29 0 $449,900
2713 Rockford Ave Se 1.37 0 $425,000
847 Reading St Se 1.47 0 $354,900
519 Poplar St Se 1.49 0 $348,900
842 Reardon St Se 1.5 0 $49,000
2436 Quimper Ave Se 1.66 0 $348,900
2314 Ramona Ave Se 1.7 0 $29,999

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.

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%.

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