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 
1029 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 920 B
1025 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,012 B
1046 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,701 B
1023 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
1044 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,502 B
1048 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,122 B
1030 Goldfinch Ct Mobile Home 1,438 B
1031 Goldfinch Ct Mobile Home 1,324 B
1026 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,152 B
1021 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,570 B
1028 Thrush Cir Vacant Residential 0 L
1022 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,470 B
1042 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,015 B
1030 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
1019 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,176 B
1026 Wren Cir Mobile Home 942 B
1024 Wren Cir Mobile Home 1,186 B
1050 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,104 B
1033 Goldfinch Ct Mobile Home 1,104 B
1028 Wren Cir Mobile Home 780 C
1022 Wren Cir Mobile Home 828 B
1016 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,188 B
1030 Wren Cir Mobile Home 736 B
1032 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 782 B
1020 Wren Cir Mobile Home 736 B
1040 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,388 B
1017 Oriole Cir Mobile Home 1,209 B
1017 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,209 B
1019 Oriole Cir Mobile Home 736 B
1032 Wren Cir Mobile Home 1,248 B
1018 Wren Cir Mobile Home 782 B
1015 Oriole Cir Mobile Home 1,618 B
1052 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,682 B
1035 Goldfinch Ct Mobile Home 1,296 B
1014 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 1,288 B
1056 Wren Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
1034 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 966 B
1021 Oriole Cir Mobile Home 960 B
1038 Warbler Ct Mobile Home 1,347 B
1039 Goldfinch Ct Mobile Home 1,012 B
1015 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 805 C
1034 Wren Cir Mobile Home 616 C
1058 Wren Cir Mobile Home 1,232 B
1016 Wren Cir Mobile Home 1,104 B
1037 Goldfinch Ct Vacant Residential 0 L
1013 Oriole Cir Vacant Residential 0 L
1023 Oriole Cir Mobile Home 736 B
1036 Thrush Cir Mobile Home 780 C

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

AddressMilesSq FtPrice 
916 Frangi Pani Dr .71 1,372 $215,000
927 Spruce St .72 1,150 $184,500
616 Puffin Dr 1 650 $155,000
5319 Bannock St 1.03 1,269 $220,000
413 Plover Dr 1.33 0 $79,500
7656 Highway 1 1.63 1,447 $549,900
6870 Orchid Tree Dr 1.83 2,541 $1,680,000
6240 Highway 1 2.4 1,152 $1,899,900

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 41 of all properties in this area. This suggests it would appeal to someone earning around $44,293 per year who should qualify for a mortgage between $88,586 and $110,733.

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 41 of all properties in this area. This corresponds to a rent of $861 per month and a monthly household income of $2,550 ($30,600 per year)

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