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Cocoa Beach

City, Brevard County. Population 11,361 (2025), +0.1% on the prior year, +0.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Cocoa Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.66 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population11,361Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197913.1k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+0.1%2020 to 2025
Census 202011,3542020

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
202511,361estimate+0.1%
202411,349estimate-0.1%
202311,356estimate-0.3%
202211,385estimate+0.3%
202111,346estimate-0.1%
202011,354census-0.2%
201911,378estimate+0.4%
201811,328estimate+0.3%
201711,292estimate+0.1%
201611,276estimate+0.8%
201511,182estimate+0.5%
201411,131estimate-0.7%
201311,214estimate-0.2%
201211,240estimate+0.1%
201111,233estimate0.0%
201011,231census-11.1%
200912,631estimate-1.3%
200812,800estimate0.0%
200712,805estimate+0.2%
200612,785estimate-0.7%
200512,880estimate+0.2%
200412,850estimate+0.7%
200312,761estimate+0.3%
200212,719estimate+0.5%
200112,661estimate+1.4%
200012,482census-2.2%
199912,759estimate-0.4%
199812,812estimate0.0%
199712,818estimate+0.2%
199612,794estimate+0.6%
199512,713estimate+0.9%
199412,596estimate+0.5%
199312,533estimate+1.2%
199212,387estimate+0.7%
199112,306estimaten/a
198913,126estimate+1.1%
198812,983estimate+2.7%
198712,638estimate+1.2%
198612,489estimate+2.0%
198512,241estimate+0.9%
198412,126estimate+0.9%
198312,018estimate+1.0%
198211,896estimate+4.7%
198111,363estimaten/a
197912,636estimaten/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$445.7M

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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$171M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$226M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error2.6%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$154M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$203M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error2.7%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$171M$226M$232M2.6%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$154M$203M$198M2.7%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses795New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201618 highAug 2026
Food service licenses138Aug 2026
Lodging licenses542Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses115Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months28Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)318Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+7.1%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month21Sep 2026

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; 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: Cocoa Beach, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32931.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)5752023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)6,2252023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$260M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging247
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging159
2010-SEATfood122
2COPalcohol34
4COP-SFSalcohol33
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging30
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging26
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging23
2003-NAPTlodging22
2APSalcohol16
4COPalcohol12
2002-MOTLlodging12
4COP-Salcohol11
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging11
2001-HOTLlodging9
2014-MFDVfood8
2010-NOSTfood7
3PSalcohol3
2003-TAPTlodging3
11Calcohol2
11PAalcohol1
1APSalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
4COP-SAXalcohol1
2015-VENDfood1

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: Cocoa Beach)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies287264
Florida profit corporations2318
Florida non-profit corporations59
Out of state entities registering in Florida36
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32931: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
329315756,225$260M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months21Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200920 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+75.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$16.6MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months21Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table232025

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$950K
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026110$850K
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026110$875K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026110$675K
Jan 2026110$675K
Dec 2025660$4.04M
Nov 2025220$1.2M
Oct 2025330$2.5M
Sep 2025550$4.8M
Aug 2025330$3M
Jul 2025220$1.98M
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025110$875K
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025110$875K
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024110$675K
Nov 2024220$1.2M
Oct 2024220$1.2M
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024110$1.01M
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024110$749K
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024110$866K
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023110$3M
Oct 2023220$1.6M
Sep 2023110$800K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202523230$19.3M
2024880$5.7M
202310100$9.02M
202227819$17.3M
2021990$4.5M
2020660$4.8M
2019660$4.8M
2018770$3.76M
201710100$5.66M
201612120$5.96M
2015860$2.14M
201412120$3.12M
201312120$3.2M
2012660$1.66M
2011550$1.37M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$4.7B
Total taxable value (non school)$3.37B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$3.55B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-0.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+2.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$4.73B2025 final roll
New construction value$44.7M2026 preliminary
Parcels10,0382026 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$650K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months356Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$431KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$3.92B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$457M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$13.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$46.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$41.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$216M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$2.51M2026 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
Residential9,245$3.92B$2.87B$39.1M9,520-2.1%
Commercial559$457M$432M$3.27Mn/a+4.5%
Industrial27$13.5M$13M$921Kn/a+24.5%
Vacant110$46.5M$41.5M$1.37Mn/a-3.4%
Institutional16$41.7M$1.31M$0n/a+25.9%
Government77$216M$3.63M$0n/a+11.5%
Other5$2.51M$2.2M$0n/a+25.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units9,052Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199079.0% high2024
Occupied units6,0182020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3,0342020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4,7452020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,2732020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)34.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households49.3%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%)28.1%2025
Median gross rent$1.57K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$750K2024

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 less46136384
All households30.01-50% AMI48145331
All households50.01-80% AMI41333199
All households80.01-120% AMI26122455
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3,26240114
Renters30% AMI or less1111164
Renters30.01-50% AMI2345237
Renters50.01-80% AMI6814134
Renters80.01-120% AMI56790
RentersGreater than 120% AMI626510
Owners30% AMI or less35125220
Owners30.01-50% AMI2510094
Owners50.01-80% AMI34519065
Owners80.01-120% AMI20514555
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI2,63635014

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$132K93
1997$136K101
1998$136K103
1999$140K119
2000$170K113
2001$193K119
2002$221K131
2003$270K148
2004$335K134
2005$475K119
2006$417K66
2007$382K50
2008$360K41
2009$321K46
2010$250K68
2011$266K92
2012$262K88
2013$312K98
2014$322K110
2015$390K125

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$61.6KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$79.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$730KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$730KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$29.7KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$366KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$366KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.2%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$86MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+96.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$20.1MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-62.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$7.57KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$37.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+1.8%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$61.6K
Aug 2026$61.9K
Jul 2026$59.7K
Jun 2026$61.1K
May 2026$68.8K
Apr 2026$57.9K
Mar 2026$59.6K
Feb 2026$68.7K
Jan 2026$57.5K
Dec 2025$58K
Nov 2025$59.5K
Oct 2025$55.7K
Sep 2025$68.7K
Aug 2025$67K
Jul 2025$67.4K
Jun 2025$69.5K
May 2025$74.1K
Apr 2025$66.5K
Mar 2025$59.9K
Feb 2025$70.9K
Jan 2025$64.4K
Dec 2024$61.5K
Nov 2024$59.9K
Oct 2024$60.8K
Sep 2024$64.2K
Aug 2024$67.3K
Jul 2024$67.2K
Jun 2024$70.2K
May 2024$75.4K
Apr 2024$68K
Mar 2024$64K
Feb 2024$73.8K
Jan 2024$65.6K
Dec 2023$64.5K
Nov 2023$66.5K
Oct 2023$64.7K

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$29.7K
Aug 2026$29.7K
Jul 2026$29.7K
Jun 2026$30.2K
May 2026$30.2K
Apr 2026$30.2K
Mar 2026$30.2K
Feb 2026$30.2K
Jan 2026$30.2K
Dec 2025$31.9K
Nov 2025$31.9K
Oct 2025$31.9K
Sep 2025$32.7K
Aug 2025$32.7K
Jul 2025$32.7K
Jun 2025$29.1K
May 2025$29.1K
Apr 2025$29.1K
Mar 2025$29.1K
Feb 2025$29.1K
Jan 2025$29.1K
Dec 2024$29.1K
Nov 2024$31.6K
Oct 2024$31.6K
Sep 2024$31.6K
Aug 2024$31.6K
Jul 2024$31.6K
Jun 2024$32K
May 2024$32K
Apr 2024$32K
Mar 2024$32K
Feb 2024$32K
Jan 2024$32K
Dec 2023$32K
Nov 2023$32K
Oct 2023$32K

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$37.6M+1.8%
FY2024$36.9M+0.9%
FY2023$36.6M-8.2%
FY2022$39.9M-5.7%
FY2021$42.3M-1.4%
FY2020$42.9M+3.3%
FY2019$41.6M+39.8%
FY2018$29.7M-2.3%
FY2017$30.4M+2.8%
FY2016$29.6M+12.7%
FY2015$26.3M-3.0%
FY2014$27.1M+23.1%
FY2013$22Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$25.9M$19.2M+34.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$4.36M$3.16M+37.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$5.9M$3.55M+66.3%
Charges for Services$27.1M$22.3M+21.3%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$82K$59.8K+37.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$19.8M-$6.63M-398.1%
Other Sources$2.92M$2.12M+37.7%
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)$8.88M$16M-44.6%
Physical Environment$5.3M$10.3M-48.8%
Human Services$3.61M$2.8M+29.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$2.27M$2.37M-4.2%
Public Safetyn/a$12.7Mn/a
Transportationn/a$5.09Mn/a
Economic Environmentn/a$569Kn/a
Culture / Recreationn/a$3.65Mn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$404MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$608M high2026
Change on a year earlier+2.7%June 30, 2026
Change, real-0.5%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions3June 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 Cocoa 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.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Sunrise BankCocoa Beach Office Branch5604 N Atlantic AveCocoa Beach$214M
Truist BankCocoa Beach Branch150 Cocoa Isles BlvdCocoa Beach$90.5M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationCocoa Beach Branch1775 N Atlantic AveCocoa Beach$79.9M
Sunrise BankMobile Branch5604 N Atlantic AveCocoa Beach$20.3M

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