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Cape Canaveral

City, Brevard County. Population 9,987 (2025), -0.1% on the prior year, +0.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Cape Canaveral

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.22 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population9,987Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197910.6k high2025
Change since the prior year-0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+0.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20209,9722020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20259,987estimate-0.1%
202410,002estimate0.0%
202310,001estimate+0.1%
20229,988estimate+0.3%
20219,959estimate-0.1%
20209,972census-2.6%
201910,241estimate+0.1%
201810,227estimate+0.1%
201710,213estimate+0.4%
201610,171estimate+0.9%
201510,084estimate+0.6%
201410,022estimate+0.4%
20139,987estimate+0.6%
20129,926estimate-0.1%
20119,936estimate+0.2%
20109,912census-5.6%
200910,499estimate-1.3%
200810,635estimate+1.0%
200710,526estimate+2.0%
200610,317estimate+2.8%
200510,034estimate+2.3%
20049,807estimate+3.3%
20039,496estimate+3.7%
20029,161estimate+2.5%
20018,941estimate+1.3%
20008,829census-0.8%
19998,900estimate+1.9%
19988,731estimate+2.8%
19978,492estimate+1.4%
19968,375estimate-0.3%
19958,399estimate+1.1%
19948,305estimate+1.6%
19938,177estimate+1.0%
19928,100estimate+0.2%
19918,085estimaten/a
19898,477estimate+5.1%
19888,062estimate+4.1%
19877,744estimate+3.4%
19867,489estimate+6.6%
19857,023estimate+3.6%
19846,776estimate+3.8%
19836,525estimate+3.8%
19826,289estimate+7.6%
19815,844estimaten/a
19795,797estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Brevard County)4.8%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201612.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Brevard County)305,636Aug 2026
Employment (Brevard County)290,881Aug 2026
Unemployed (Brevard County)14,755Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026305,636290,88114,7554.8%
Jul 2026304,321289,35014,9714.9%
Jun 2026306,056291,21814,8384.8%
May 2026303,934289,54614,3884.7%
Apr 2026304,934290,19314,7414.8%
Mar 2026304,069289,73514,3344.7%
Feb 2026305,246289,68115,5655.1%
Jan 2026303,278287,19016,0885.3%
Dec 2025304,331289,83014,5014.8%
Nov 2025305,771289,77515,9965.2%
Sep 2025307,727293,85113,8764.5%
Aug 2025305,266291,49713,7694.5%
Jul 2025306,774293,54913,2254.3%
Jun 2025306,081293,44212,6394.1%
May 2025304,029292,62311,4063.8%
Apr 2025304,786293,87110,9153.6%
Mar 2025304,764293,67911,0853.6%
Feb 2025303,791292,51511,2763.7%
Jan 2025303,799292,09711,7023.9%
Dec 2024301,849291,77910,0703.3%
Nov 2024302,070290,93611,1343.7%
Oct 2024305,422294,42910,9933.6%
Sep 2024307,560296,36911,1913.6%
Aug 2024306,460294,50211,9583.9%
Jul 2024307,802295,80012,0023.9%
Jun 2024306,589295,33511,2543.7%
May 2024303,039293,4269,6133.2%
Apr 2024302,717293,7089,0093.0%
Mar 2024303,048293,5819,4673.1%
Feb 2024302,035292,1499,8863.3%
Jan 2024301,991291,72810,2633.4%
Dec 2023302,564293,4339,1313.0%
Nov 2023303,621293,8169,8053.2%
Oct 2023305,918295,82110,0973.3%
Sep 2023307,356297,18610,1703.3%
Aug 2023306,587296,14310,4443.4%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025305,193292,43012,7634.2%
2024304,215293,64510,5703.5%
2023302,918293,7189,2003.0%
2022293,681284,9278,7543.0%
2021288,198276,07312,1254.2%
2020280,724261,26219,4626.9%
2019281,226271,9989,2283.3%
2018274,152264,2359,9173.6%
2017266,533254,80811,7254.4%
2016261,303247,69513,6085.2%
2015256,191240,69015,5016.1%
2014256,510237,88418,6267.3%
2013257,314234,98222,3328.7%
2012260,703235,32025,3839.7%
2011264,427235,15829,26911.1%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$138.5M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$51.5M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$60.6M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error14.3%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$42.6M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$66.8M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error2.1%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$51.5M$60.6M$69.3M14.3%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$42.6M$66.8M$68.2M2.1%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses416New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201614 highAug 2026
Food service licenses47Aug 2026
Lodging licenses316Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses53Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months5Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)170Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+0.6%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month15Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Cape Canaveral, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging136
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging98
2003-NAPTlodging42
2010-SEATfood41
2COPalcohol15
2APSalcohol14
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging10
4COP-SFSalcohol8
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging8
4COP-Salcohol7
2001-HOTLlodging7
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging7
4COPalcohol4
2003-TAPTlodging4
2014-MFDVfood3
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging3
11Calcohol2
2010-NOSTfood2
13CTalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
4COP-SPXalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Cape Canaveral)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies148156
Florida profit corporations1310
Florida non-profit corporations62
Out of state entities registering in Florida31
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months4Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20094 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-20.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$1.72MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months4Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table52025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026110$429K
Jul 2026110$429K
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026110$429K
Apr 2026110$429K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025110$872K
Jan 2025440$1.27M
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024110$444K
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024200$914K
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023110$536K
Sep 2023200$914K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025550$2.15M
2024310$1.36M
2023310$1.45M
2022330$2.71M
2021880$2.06M
2020750$2.15M
2019770$2.23M
2018770$2.23M
2017660$1.91M
20161165$2.79M
20151055$2.46M
2014330$897K
2013110$177K
2012220$775K
2011220$437K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$2.14B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.6B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.71B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-0.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+2.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$2.15B2025 final roll
New construction value$33.8M2026 preliminary
Parcels5,9582026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 76% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$315K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months178Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$300KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$1.66B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$247M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$30.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$26.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$9.76M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$160M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.76M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential5,498$1.66B$1.28B$4.14M6,387-3.5%
Commercial125$247M$240M$18.7Mn/a+12.8%
Industrial103$30.4M$27M$0.4Kn/a+14.7%
Vacant134$26.3M$21.8M$33.4Kn/a+9.1%
Institutional7$9.76M$1.18M$82.1Kn/a+45.6%
Government87$160M$29.1M$10.9Mn/a+6.2%
Other4$1.76M$998K$0n/a+88.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units9,245Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199059.0% high2024
Occupied units6,0612020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3,1842020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3,5492020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,5122020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate58.6%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)26.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households34.2%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)13.9%2025
Median gross rent$1.32K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$384K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less4110318
All households30.01-50% AMI207252227
All households50.01-80% AMI63230636
All households80.01-120% AMI57312536
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI2,9232690
Renters30% AMI or less410218
Renters30.01-50% AMI30157103
Renters50.01-80% AMI43620612
Renters80.01-120% AMI2915336
RentersGreater than 120% AMI9441210
Owners30% AMI or less010100
Owners30.01-50% AMI17795124
Owners50.01-80% AMI19610024
Owners80.01-120% AMI282720
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,9791480

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$85K76
1997$80K89
1998$79.2K78
1999$84K107
2000$84K100
2001$104K107
2002$130K122
2003$155K121
2004$200K117
2005$259K110
2006$280K39
2007$226K46
2008$195K28
2009$151K30
2010$142K40
2011$117K48
2012$140K54
2013$145K52
2014$160K72
2015$176K80

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$54.3KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$71K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$643KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$643KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$26.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$331KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$331KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.5%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$28.3MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+13.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$28.7MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+11.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.83KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$12.2MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-0.9%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$54.3K
Aug 2026$54.6K
Jul 2026$52.6K
Jun 2026$53.9K
May 2026$60.6K
Apr 2026$51K
Mar 2026$52.5K
Feb 2026$60.6K
Jan 2026$50.7K
Dec 2025$51.1K
Nov 2025$52.4K
Oct 2025$49.1K
Sep 2025$60.5K
Aug 2025$59K
Jul 2025$59.3K
Jun 2025$61.2K
May 2025$65.2K
Apr 2025$58.5K
Mar 2025$52.7K
Feb 2025$62.5K
Jan 2025$56.7K
Dec 2024$54.1K
Nov 2024$52.8K
Oct 2024$53.6K
Sep 2024$56.3K
Aug 2024$59K
Jul 2024$58.9K
Jun 2024$61.6K
May 2024$66.2K
Apr 2024$59.6K
Mar 2024$56.1K
Feb 2024$64.7K
Jan 2024$57.5K
Dec 2023$56.6K
Nov 2023$58.3K
Oct 2023$56.7K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$26.9K
Aug 2026$26.9K
Jul 2026$26.9K
Jun 2026$27.2K
May 2026$27.2K
Apr 2026$27.2K
Mar 2026$27.2K
Feb 2026$27.2K
Jan 2026$27.2K
Dec 2025$28.9K
Nov 2025$28.9K
Oct 2025$28.9K
Sep 2025$29.7K
Aug 2025$29.7K
Jul 2025$29.7K
Jun 2025$26.1K
May 2025$26.1K
Apr 2025$26.1K
Mar 2025$26.1K
Feb 2025$26.1K
Jan 2025$26.1K
Dec 2024$26.1K
Nov 2024$28.5K
Oct 2024$28.5K
Sep 2024$28.5K
Aug 2024$28.5K
Jul 2024$28.5K
Jun 2024$29K
May 2024$29K
Apr 2024$29K
Mar 2024$29K
Feb 2024$29K
Jan 2024$29K
Dec 2023$29K
Nov 2023$29K
Oct 2023$29K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$12.2M-0.9%
FY2024$12.3M-6.9%
FY2023$13.2M-6.9%
FY2022$14.2M+7.6%
FY2021$13.2M-3.2%
FY2020$13.6M-8.9%
FY2019$14.9M+2.5%
FY2018$14.6M+3.6%
FY2017$14.1M+74.2%
FY2016$8.07M+22.5%
FY2015$6.59M+13.7%
FY2014$5.79M+308.7%
FY2013$1.42Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$8.72M$7.97M+9.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$1.68M$1.63M+3.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$4.26M$3.52M+20.8%
Charges for Services$8.46M$7.93M+6.7%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$10.8K$16.9K-36.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$848K$663K+27.9%
Other Sources$4.29M$3.21M+33.4%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$5.24M$4.89M+7.1%
Public Safety$6.87M$7.33M-6.2%
Physical Environment$7.83M$7.15M+9.5%
Transportation$1.33M$1.18M+12.5%
Economic Environment$407K$1.27M-68.1%
Culture / Recreation$2.71M$1.4M+92.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$4.29M$2.57M+66.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$113MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$124M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-5.0%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Cape Canaveral.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationCape Canaveral Branch7801 N Atlantic AveCape Canaveral$113M

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