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 
916 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 782 B
920 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,352 B
919 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,351 B
917 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 948 B
921 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,220 B
914 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,324 B
922 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,012 B
915 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,352 B
923 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,209 B
919 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
917 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,186 B
921 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,091 B
912 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,056 B
924 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,296 B
915 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,158 B
913 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,116 B
925 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 805 B
925 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,296 B
913 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,206 B
910 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 805 B
918 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
916 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 920 B
918 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,364 B
926 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,514 B
916 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 966 B
920 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,288 B
911 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 828 B
920 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,012 B
914 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,324 B
927 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,370 B
911 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,220 B
927 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,164 B
914 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 0 B
922 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,344 B
922 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,228 B
912 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
908 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,299 B
912 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 970 B
924 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,347 B
909 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 975 B
928 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,176 B
909 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,360 B
931 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,012 B
910 Oleander Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
931 Hyacinth Cir Mobile Home 1,071 B
910 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 1,081 B
1453 Barefoot Cir Mobile Home 1,461 B
926 Periwinkle Cir Mobile Home 966 B
1451 Barefoot Cir Mobile Home 1,359 B

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
916 Frangi Pani Dr .34 1,372 $215,000
927 Spruce St .54 1,150 $184,500
5319 Bannock St .65 1,269 $220,000
616 Puffin Dr .94 650 $155,000
413 Plover Dr 1.08 0 $79,500
7656 Highway 1 1.25 1,447 $549,900
6870 Orchid Tree Dr 1.62 2,541 $1,680,000
6240 Highway 1 1.67 1,152 $1,899,900
47 Vip Is 2.53 1,150 $699,900
5615 Schefflera Pl 2.78 0 $129,000

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 11 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $19,377 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $38,754 and $48,443.

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 11 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $615 per month and a monthly household income of $1,865 ($22,380 per year)

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