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Rockledge

City, Brevard County. Population 30,554 (2025), +4.9% on the prior year, +10.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population30,554Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197930.6k high2025
Change since the prior year+4.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+10.4%2020 to 2025
Census 202027,6782020

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
202530,554estimate+4.9%
202429,134estimate+1.3%
202328,774estimate+1.0%
202228,500estimate+2.4%
202127,824estimate+0.5%
202027,678census+1.3%
201927,321estimate+1.6%
201826,882estimate+1.3%
201726,535estimate+0.9%
201626,303estimate+0.5%
201526,165estimate+2.0%
201425,662estimate+1.4%
201325,309estimate+0.2%
201225,265estimate+1.0%
201125,026estimate+0.4%
201024,926census-2.8%
200925,657estimate-0.2%
200825,698estimate-0.8%
200725,911estimate+2.7%
200625,225estimate+2.6%
200524,587estimate+5.1%
200423,383estimate+3.2%
200322,660estimate+5.7%
200221,442estimate+2.7%
200120,874estimate+3.5%
200020,170census+1.3%
199919,904estimate+2.6%
199819,395estimate+2.4%
199718,948estimate+2.8%
199618,434estimate+1.7%
199518,125estimate+2.7%
199417,656estimate+2.8%
199317,182estimate+2.6%
199216,753estimate+1.7%
199116,475estimaten/a
198915,655estimate+4.9%
198814,918estimate+4.6%
198714,260estimate+4.3%
198613,667estimate+4.8%
198513,038estimate+3.3%
198412,618estimate+2.1%
198312,358estimate-0.1%
198212,368estimate+2.8%
198112,029estimaten/a
197911,445estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate4.0%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.3% highAug 2026
Labor force16,247Aug 2026
Employment15,592Aug 2026
Unemployed655Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier3.9%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 202616,24715,5926554.0%
Jul 202616,18415,5106744.2%
Jun 202616,33715,6107274.5%
May 202616,20115,5216804.2%
Apr 202616,24615,5556914.3%
Mar 202616,19715,5316664.1%
Feb 202616,24415,5287164.4%
Jan 202616,13915,3947454.6%
Dec 202516,18015,5366444.0%
Nov 202516,23615,5337034.3%
Sep 202516,38415,7516333.9%
Aug 202516,26715,6256423.9%
Jul 202516,35215,7356173.8%
Jun 202516,28815,7295593.4%
May 202516,19315,6855083.1%
Apr 202516,23815,7524863.0%
Mar 202516,24515,7425033.1%
Feb 202516,19615,6805163.2%
Jan 202516,19915,6575423.3%
Dec 202416,10315,6404632.9%
Nov 202416,09515,5955003.1%
Oct 202416,27615,7824943.0%
Sep 202416,41915,8865333.2%
Aug 202416,34715,7865613.4%
Jul 202416,45115,8565953.6%
Jun 202416,36215,8315313.2%
May 202416,18415,7284562.8%
Apr 202416,15815,7444142.6%
Mar 202416,17115,7374342.7%
Feb 202416,12815,6604682.9%
Jan 202416,09415,6374572.8%
Dec 202315,45815,0703882.5%
Nov 202315,52615,0904362.8%
Oct 202315,62915,1934362.8%
Sep 202315,70715,2634442.8%
Aug 202315,67115,2094622.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202516,25315,6755783.6%
202416,23215,7404923.0%
202315,48515,0854002.6%
202214,83214,4543782.5%
202114,75914,2215383.6%
202014,28213,3539296.5%
201914,45114,0414102.8%
201813,95413,5014533.2%
201713,59613,0695273.9%
201613,29612,6956014.5%
201513,19612,5076895.2%
201413,15012,3478036.1%
201313,09012,1199717.4%
201213,15912,1271,0327.8%
201113,39912,0971,3029.7%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$386.5M

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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$297M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$314M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error27.4%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$58.9M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$55.9M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error39.1%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$297M$314M$400M27.4%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$58.9M$55.9M$77.8M39.1%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 27% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 39% from the 2022 Census figure for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses170New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses78Aug 2026
Lodging licenses37Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses55Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months15Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)781Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+10.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month50Sep 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: Rockledge, 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
2010-SEATfood59
2APSalcohol22
2003-NAPTlodging20
2COPalcohol14
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging11
4COP-SFSalcohol9
2014-MFDVfood8
2010-NOSTfood7
2015-VENDfood4
11Calcohol3
3PSalcohol3
2002-MOTLlodging3
4COPalcohol2
11CGalcohol1
4COP-SRalcohol1
2001-HOTLlodging1
2003-TAPTlodging1
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging1

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: Rockledge)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies702603
Florida profit corporations4267
Florida non-profit corporations2728
Out of state entities registering in Florida99
Partnerships, trusts and other filings10

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months227Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 2009456 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+167.1%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$79.8MAug 2026
Units, latest month16Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months127Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months100Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table1392025

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 202616160$7.5M
Jul 2026330$1.76M
Jun 202611313100$25.3M
May 2026220$1.4M
Apr 202610100$5.31M
Mar 202613130$5.64M
Feb 2026440$1.79M
Jan 2026990$4.86M
Dec 202518180$8.84M
Nov 202519190$8.41M
Oct 202517170$7.44M
Sep 2025330$1.6M
Aug 202514140$5.94M
Jul 2025880$2.47M
Jun 202512120$3.85M
May 20251688$4.27M
Apr 202511110$3.21M
Mar 2025330$1.76M
Feb 202511110$3.64M
Jan 2025770$2.09M
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024110$517K
Oct 2024110$305K
Sep 2024110$375K
Aug 2024110$1.58M
Jul 2024110$274K
Jun 2024990$3.5M
May 2024660$2.49M
Apr 2024110$275K
Mar 20241358$2.72M
Feb 2024330$1.21M
Jan 202431310$12.3M
Dec 202345676380$104M
Nov 202316160$6.72M
Oct 2023440$1.11M
Sep 202324240$9.37M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251391318$53.5M
202468608$25.5M
2023901237664$226M
2022410158252$101M
2021432120$13.3M
202032356267$57.7M
2019674324$18.9M
201825545210$43.4M
2017726012$18.5M
20161338742$31.7M
201541410$12.9M
201469690$17.8M
201313712512$36.3M
201251510$13.9M
2011281612$6M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$4.15B
Total taxable value (non school)$2.54B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$2.78B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$3.97B2025 final roll
New construction value$47.5M2026 preliminary
Parcels12,1732026 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$298K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months460Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$345KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$3.34B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$264M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$190M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$11.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$43M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$158M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$130M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$9.4M2026 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
Residential10,663$3.34B$1.97B$41.3M12,214+2.6%
Commercial403$264M$234M$1.36Mn/a+4.0%
Industrial177$190M$182M$3.36Mn/a+9.3%
Agricultural13$11.6M$1.68M$155Kn/a+1.2%
Vacant637$43M$39.4M$7.68Kn/a+15.0%
Institutional40$158M$107M$1.05Kn/a+15.4%
Government181$130M$0.0K$1.19Mn/a+29.8%
Other59$9.4M$9.29M$58.2Kn/a+88.3%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units13,959Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199081.0% high2024
Occupied units12,2752020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,6842020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households9,5782020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,6972020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)26.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households39.5%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%)17.1%2025
Assisted housing developments4Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units249Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.82K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$380K2024

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 less9966680
All households30.01-50% AMI231290363
All households50.01-80% AMI880432509
All households80.01-120% AMI1,4026980
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6,8183130
Renters30% AMI or less220283
Renters30.01-50% AMI65174109
Renters50.01-80% AMI58217145
Renters80.01-120% AMI4642460
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,289650
Owners30% AMI or less7766397
Owners30.01-50% AMI166116254
Owners50.01-80% AMI822215364
Owners80.01-120% AMI9384520
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI5,5292480

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$83.6K297
1997$89.3K312
1998$94.8K388
1999$98K472
2000$108K546
2001$118K549
2002$130K635
2003$140K636
2004$182K757
2005$233K649
2006$228K374
2007$221K263
2008$182K207
2009$165K224
2010$150K254
2011$140K266
2012$138K326
2013$170K352
2014$175K382
2015$187K469

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Hammock Harbor1330 Naples CircleRockledge122110
Ekos at Rockledge ParkWestside of Cogswell Street at the intersection ofRockledge100100
Springwood Estates951 EYSTER BLVDRockledge2424
Woodsmere Estates980 BRIDLE LNRockledge1515

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$158KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$194K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.87MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.87MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.5%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$107KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.26MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.26MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+3.1%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$70.2MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+1.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$51.6MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+5.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.41KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.68MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+5.8%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$158K
Aug 2026$159K
Jul 2026$153K
Jun 2026$157K
May 2026$177K
Apr 2026$149K
Mar 2026$153K
Feb 2026$176K
Jan 2026$148K
Dec 2025$149K
Nov 2025$153K
Oct 2025$143K
Sep 2025$174K
Aug 2025$170K
Jul 2025$171K
Jun 2025$176K
May 2025$188K
Apr 2025$168K
Mar 2025$152K
Feb 2025$180K
Jan 2025$163K
Dec 2024$156K
Nov 2024$152K
Oct 2024$154K
Sep 2024$161K
Aug 2024$168K
Jul 2024$168K
Jun 2024$176K
May 2024$189K
Apr 2024$170K
Mar 2024$160K
Feb 2024$185K
Jan 2024$164K
Dec 2023$161K
Nov 2023$166K
Oct 2023$162K

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$107K
Aug 2026$107K
Jul 2026$107K
Jun 2026$102K
May 2026$102K
Apr 2026$102K
Mar 2026$102K
Feb 2026$102K
Jan 2026$102K
Dec 2025$110K
Nov 2025$110K
Oct 2025$110K
Sep 2025$113K
Aug 2025$113K
Jul 2025$113K
Jun 2025$96.4K
May 2025$96.4K
Apr 2025$96.4K
Mar 2025$96.4K
Feb 2025$96.4K
Jan 2025$96.4K
Dec 2024$96.4K
Nov 2024$106K
Oct 2024$106K
Sep 2024$106K
Aug 2024$106K
Jul 2024$106K
Jun 2024$107K
May 2024$107K
Apr 2024$107K
Mar 2024$107K
Feb 2024$107K
Jan 2024$107K
Dec 2023$107K
Nov 2023$107K
Oct 2023$107K

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$3.68M+5.8%
FY2024$3.48M-63.3%
FY2023$9.47M+92.5%
FY2022$4.92M-16.2%
FY2021$5.87M+137.8%
FY2020$2.47M-27.0%
FY2019$3.38M-60.3%
FY2018$8.52M+123.9%
FY2017$3.8M-24.9%
FY2016$5.06M-28.2%
FY2015$7.05M-10.9%
FY2014$7.92M-7.6%
FY2013$8.57Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$19.8M$18.7M+5.8%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$4.11M$5.04M-18.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$6.3M$15.1M-58.2%
Charges for Services$14.7M$13M+12.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$124K$60.2K+105.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$15.4M$8.92M+72.5%
Other Sources$9.88M$8.79M+12.4%
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)$11.2M$11M+1.9%
Public Safety$14.5M$13.1M+10.9%
Physical Environment$10.6M$10.3M+2.7%
Transportation$4.58M$4.24M+8.1%
Economic Environment$101K$2.06M-95.1%
Culture / Recreation$5.37Mn/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operating$5.14M$8.3M-38.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$521MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$521M high2026
Change on a year earlier+2.8%June 30, 2026
Change, real-0.3%June 30, 2026
Branches6June 30, 2026
Institutions6June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier1June 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 Rockledge.

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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
Regions BankMurrell And Barnes Branch3836 Murrell RdRockledge$121M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationRockledge Branch201 Barton BlvdRockledge$106M
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationRockledge Branch615 Barnes BlvdRockledge$97.8M
Community Bank of the SouthRockledge Branch1902 S Fiske BlvdRockledge$96.5M
PNC Bank, National AssociationRockledge Branch630 Barnes BlvdRockledge$73.5M
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationViera Bc Branch2015 Viera BlvdRockledge$25.8M

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