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Melbourne Beach

Town, Brevard County. Population 3,334 (2025), +0.8% on the prior year, +3.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Melbourne Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.99 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,334Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519793.4k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+3.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20203,2312020

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
20253,334estimate+0.8%
20243,306estimate+1.8%
20233,248estimate+0.3%
20223,237estimate0.0%
20213,236estimate+0.2%
20203,231census+3.9%
20193,111estimate+0.5%
20183,095estimate+0.3%
20173,087estimate+0.4%
20163,076estimate-0.1%
20153,078estimate-0.3%
20143,086estimate-0.9%
20133,115estimate+0.5%
20123,098estimate-0.2%
20113,105estimate+0.1%
20103,101census-5.8%
20093,293estimate-0.5%
20083,309estimate-1.8%
20073,369estimate+1.8%
20063,308estimate-2.8%
20053,405estimate-0.5%
20043,422estimate-0.1%
20033,424estimate+0.6%
20023,403estimate+1.9%
20013,341estimate+0.2%
20003,335census+1.6%
19993,283estimate+0.6%
19983,263estimate+1.5%
19973,215estimate+0.5%
19963,198estimate+0.3%
19953,190estimate+0.9%
19943,162estimate+1.8%
19933,105estimate+0.5%
19923,090estimate+2.2%
19913,024estimaten/a
19893,157estimate+1.1%
19883,124estimate+1.0%
19873,094estimate0.0%
19863,094estimate+1.8%
19853,040estimate+0.8%
19843,017estimate+3.0%
19832,930estimate-1.4%
19822,973estimate+5.8%
19812,810estimaten/a
19792,923estimaten/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$15.0M

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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$16.1M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$15M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error44.4%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022n/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$16.1M$15M$21.7M44.4%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/an/an/an/a
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 44% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • no Census anchor for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses58New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses11Aug 2026
Lodging licenses36Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses11Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)223Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+28.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month19Sep 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: Melbourne Beach, 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-SNGLlodging25
2010-SEATfood10
2APSalcohol3
2COPalcohol3
4COP-SFSalcohol3
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging3
2003-NAPTlodging2
2003-TAPTlodging2
2005-BNBlodging2
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging2
3PSalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1

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: Melbourne Beach)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies196153
Florida profit corporations1814
Florida non-profit corporations66
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 20093 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before0.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$5.08MAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months4Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table32025

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 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026220$4.01M
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026110$424K
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025110$650K
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025110$704K
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025110$758K
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024110$987K
Oct 2024110$600K
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024110$503K
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024110$893K
Dec 2023220$1.07M
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023330$2.76M
Sep 2023220$1.75M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025330$2.11M
2024440$2.98M
2023990$6.42M
2022770$4.05M
2021770$4.36M
2020440$2.07M
2019990$4.63M
201811110$5.25M
2017440$920K
201612120$4.96M
2015770$2.52M
2014330$1.68M
2013440$1.88M
2012440$1.84M
2011330$2.42M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.03B
Total taxable value (non school)$640M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$677M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$996M2025 final roll
New construction value$5.44M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,5252026 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$616K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months66Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$598KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$974M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$23.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$11.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$4.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$18.3M2026 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
Residential1,460$974M$608M$5.44M1,510+3.3%
Commercial27$23.6M$23M$0n/a+2.3%
Vacant25$11.3M$9.73M$0n/a+1.1%
Institutional4$4.3M$0$0n/a+48.0%
Government9$18.3M$0$0n/a+9.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,809Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199085.1% high2024
Occupied units1,5122020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2972020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,2462020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2662020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate82.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)27.8%2025
Cost burdened renter households65.4%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%)38.3%2025
Median gross rent$1.31K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$800K2024

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 less11882
All households30.01-50% AMI1922162
All households50.01-80% AMI597215
All households80.01-120% AMI9700
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI848380
Renters30% AMI or less0812
Renters30.01-50% AMI8070
Renters50.01-80% AMI0500
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI6600
Owners30% AMI or less11070
Owners30.01-50% AMI112292
Owners50.01-80% AMI592215
Owners80.01-120% AMI9700
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI782380

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$130K62
1997$133K58
1998$145K63
1999$145K71
2000$172K62
2001$182K68
2002$227K70
2003$278K62
2004$337K62
2005$410K54
2006$435K35
2007$315K31
2008$295K18
2009$270K27
2010$252K40
2011$250K27
2012$240K43
2013$290K65
2014$325K53
2015$365K57

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$17.9KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$22.6K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$213KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$213KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$8.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$104KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$104KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+2.1%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$7.45MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+13.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$5.69MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-14.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.25KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$446KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-26.8%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$17.9K
Aug 2026$18K
Jul 2026$17.4K
Jun 2026$17.8K
May 2026$20K
Apr 2026$16.9K
Mar 2026$17.4K
Feb 2026$20K
Jan 2026$16.7K
Dec 2025$16.9K
Nov 2025$17.3K
Oct 2025$16.2K
Sep 2025$19.6K
Aug 2025$19.2K
Jul 2025$19.3K
Jun 2025$19.9K
May 2025$21.2K
Apr 2025$19K
Mar 2025$17.1K
Feb 2025$20.3K
Jan 2025$18.4K
Dec 2024$17.6K
Nov 2024$17.1K
Oct 2024$17.4K
Sep 2024$18.2K
Aug 2024$19.1K
Jul 2024$19.1K
Jun 2024$20K
May 2024$21.4K
Apr 2024$19.3K
Mar 2024$18.2K
Feb 2024$21K
Jan 2024$18.6K
Dec 2023$18.3K
Nov 2023$18.9K
Oct 2023$18.4K

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$8.5K
Aug 2026$8.5K
Jul 2026$8.5K
Jun 2026$8.51K
May 2026$8.51K
Apr 2026$8.51K
Mar 2026$8.51K
Feb 2026$8.51K
Jan 2026$8.51K
Dec 2025$9.05K
Nov 2025$9.05K
Oct 2025$9.05K
Sep 2025$9.3K
Aug 2025$9.3K
Jul 2025$9.3K
Jun 2025$8.02K
May 2025$8.02K
Apr 2025$8.02K
Mar 2025$8.02K
Feb 2025$8.02K
Jan 2025$8.02K
Dec 2024$8.02K
Nov 2024$8.76K
Oct 2024$8.76K
Sep 2024$8.76K
Aug 2024$8.76K
Jul 2024$8.76K
Jun 2024$8.84K
May 2024$8.84K
Apr 2024$8.84K
Mar 2024$8.84K
Feb 2024$8.84K
Jan 2024$8.84K
Dec 2023$8.84K
Nov 2023$8.84K
Oct 2023$8.84K

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$446K-26.8%
FY2024$610K-35.1%
FY2023$940K-51.7%
FY2022$1.95M-15.3%
FY2021$2.3M-10.9%
FY2020$2.58M-14.5%
FY2019$3.01M+0.9%
FY2018$2.99M-15.4%
FY2017$3.53M-6.0%
FY2016$3.76M-7.4%
FY2015$4.06M-4.5%
FY2014$4.25M-6.0%
FY2013$4.52Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$3.46M$3.68M-5.9%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$525K$584K-10.1%
Intergovernmental Revenues$396K$426K-7.2%
Charges for Services$273K$289K-5.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$13.8K$42.1K-67.2%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.22M$852K+42.7%
Other Sources$1.56M$674K+131.7%
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)$1.25M$2.25M-44.5%
Public Safety$2.13M$2.27M-6.1%
Physical Environment$526K$1.21M-56.5%
Culture / Recreation$219K$241K-9.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$1.56M$674K+131.8%
Transportationn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$134M high2026
Branches0June 30, 2026
Institutions0June 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 Melbourne Beach.

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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.

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