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West Melbourne

City, Brevard County. Population 32,372 (2025), +6.3% on the prior year, +24.9% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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West Melbourne

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 10.88 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population32,372Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197932.4k high2025
Change since the prior year+6.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+24.9%2020 to 2025
Census 202025,9242020

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
202532,372estimate+6.3%
202430,443estimate+2.4%
202329,739estimate+3.1%
202228,857estimate+2.6%
202128,127estimate+8.5%
202025,924census+9.8%
201923,607estimate+7.4%
201821,990estimate+2.9%
201721,360estimate+3.5%
201620,640estimate+1.9%
201520,250estimate+2.1%
201419,834estimate+1.9%
201319,464estimate+1.8%
201219,118estimate+2.2%
201118,712estimate+1.9%
201018,355census+10.8%
200916,570estimate-0.8%
200816,703estimate+5.9%
200715,777estimate0.0%
200615,777estimate+4.8%
200515,059estimate+8.6%
200413,869estimate+15.1%
200312,049estimate+8.5%
200211,108estimate+6.2%
200110,461estimate+6.5%
20009,824census+0.1%
19999,810estimate+1.7%
19989,647estimate+2.4%
19979,418estimate+2.7%
19969,171estimate+1.6%
19959,023estimate+2.3%
19948,824estimate+2.2%
19938,635estimate+2.7%
19928,409estimate+1.0%
19918,329estimaten/a
19898,800estimate+4.1%
19888,450estimate+4.7%
19878,067estimate+10.2%
19867,320estimate+3.3%
19857,088estimate+6.8%
19846,637estimate+8.1%
19836,138estimate+10.0%
19825,579estimate+4.9%
19815,319estimaten/a
19795,359estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate4.5%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Jan 2020 to Aug 2026Jan 202010.6% highAug 2026
Labor force15,336Aug 2026
Employment14,650Aug 2026
Unemployed686Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.0%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.3%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 202615,33614,6506864.5%
Jul 202615,25414,5736814.5%
Jun 202615,33214,6676654.3%
May 202615,22114,5836384.2%
Apr 202615,28314,6156684.4%
Mar 202615,25914,5926674.4%
Feb 202615,29114,5897024.6%
Jan 202615,22314,4647595.0%
Dec 202515,28014,5976834.5%
Nov 202515,35614,5947625.0%
Sep 202515,44214,8006424.2%
Aug 202515,29414,6816134.0%
Jul 202515,39714,7846134.0%
Jun 202515,35414,7795753.7%
May 202515,27414,7385363.5%
Apr 202515,30014,8014993.3%
Mar 202515,27314,7914823.2%
Feb 202515,21314,7324813.2%
Jan 202515,21814,7115073.3%
Dec 202415,14114,6954462.9%
Nov 202415,15914,6535063.3%
Oct 202415,33714,8295083.3%
Sep 202415,43714,9265113.3%
Aug 202415,39814,8325663.7%
Jul 202415,47514,8985773.7%
Jun 202415,39514,8745213.4%
May 202415,22214,7784442.9%
Apr 202415,19814,7924062.7%
Mar 202415,21114,7864252.8%
Feb 202415,17214,7144583.0%
Jan 202415,15914,6934663.1%
Dec 202314,40514,0303752.6%
Nov 202314,45314,0484052.8%
Oct 202314,54514,1444012.8%
Sep 202314,62714,2094182.9%
Aug 202314,57614,1594172.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202515,30914,7285813.8%
202415,27514,7894863.2%
202314,43014,0433872.7%
202214,15213,7633892.7%
202113,68013,1755053.7%
202012,79712,0557425.8%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$985.6M

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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$696M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$821M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error16.9%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$86.3M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$140M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error15.8%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$696M$821M$960M16.9%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$86.3M$140M$118M15.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses190New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses89Aug 2026
Lodging licenses32Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses69Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months9Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

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

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-SEATfood80
2APSalcohol24
2COPalcohol23
2003-NAPTlodging15
4COP-SFSalcohol11
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging7
3PSalcohol5
2001-HOTLlodging5
2010-NOSTfood4
4COPalcohol3
4COP-Salcohol2
2014-MFDVfood2
2015-VENDfood2
2002-MOTLlodging2
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging2
11Calcohol1
2014-HTDGfood1
2003-TAPTlodging1

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months87Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016694 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-51.9%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$46.8MAug 2026
Units, latest month4Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months87Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table1602025

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 2026440$2.41M
Jul 2026220$1.24M
Jun 202611110$7.04M
May 2026660$3.04M
Apr 2026550$2.78M
Mar 2026550$2.65M
Feb 202613130$6.99M
Jan 2026770$3.95M
Dec 202511110$6.55M
Nov 2025550$2.59M
Oct 2025990$4.62M
Sep 2025990$2.94M
Aug 2025440$1.18M
Jul 202520200$3.6M
Jun 202542420$8.29M
May 202524240$4.86M
Apr 2025990$1.73M
Mar 2025990$2.06M
Feb 20251376$3.15M
Jan 2025550$1.12M
Dec 20241138$2M
Nov 202425516$4.49M
Oct 2024918$1.63M
Sep 20241028$1.84M
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024110$742K
May 2024110$670K
Apr 2024220$500K
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023110$235K
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251601546$42.7M
2024591540$11.9M
20231,023286647$170M
20221071070$14.8M
202139975300$52.3M
2020637226389$105M
20191,218232986$138M
2018495203290$86.9M
2017575267300$98.7M
20162862860$91.5M
20151671670$45.2M
20141381380$35.8M
20131441440$38.6M
20122202170$50.9M
201118717215$27.7M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$3.9B
Total taxable value (non school)$2.57B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$2.79B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+4.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$3.84B2025 final roll
New construction value$38.1M2026 preliminary
Parcels10,1212026 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$323K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months367Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$350KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$2.89B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$423M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$238M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$27.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$61.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$138M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$118M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$10.6M2026 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
Residential8,896$2.89B$1.83B$29.6M10,686-0.1%
Commercial266$423M$409M$6.11Mn/a+2.4%
Industrial193$238M$211M$1.29Mn/a+13.4%
Agricultural37$27.6M$4.03M$3.52Kn/a-11.1%
Vacant509$61.8M$57.3M$830Kn/a+12.6%
Institutional31$138M$46.4M$50.7Kn/a+12.2%
Government152$118M$45.3K$38.4Kn/a+13.7%
Other37$10.6M$9.76M$150Kn/a+1.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units11,713Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199073.0% high2024
Occupied units10,6632020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,0502020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households7,7752020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,8882020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)24.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households48.5%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%)16.8%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units115Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.84K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$414K2024

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 less9272407
All households30.01-50% AMI327267431
All households50.01-80% AMI1,032921187
All households80.01-120% AMI660318110
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI7,60945518
Renters30% AMI or less4554259
Renters30.01-50% AMI54107259
Renters50.01-80% AMI19662545
Renters80.01-120% AMI6122363
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,5631700
Owners30% AMI or less4718148
Owners30.01-50% AMI273160172
Owners50.01-80% AMI836296142
Owners80.01-120% AMI5999547
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI6,04628518

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$97.6K120
1997$104K139
1998$105K185
1999$114K181
2000$121K212
2001$125K314
2002$133K476
2003$149K714
2004$187K794
2005$268K475
2006$251K348
2007$245K337
2008$207K240
2009$175K228
2010$165K311
2011$157K313
2012$162K382
2013$182K425
2014$205K361
2015$225K514

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Promise in Brevard4105 Norfolk ParkwayWest Melbourne117115

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$165KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$196K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.96MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.96MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$106KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.23MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.23MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+4.7%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$64.5MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+18.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$39.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+5.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.12KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$57MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+5513.7%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$165K
Aug 2026$166K
Jul 2026$160K
Jun 2026$164K
May 2026$185K
Apr 2026$155K
Mar 2026$160K
Feb 2026$184K
Jan 2026$154K
Dec 2025$156K
Nov 2025$160K
Oct 2025$149K
Sep 2025$180K
Aug 2025$175K
Jul 2025$176K
Jun 2025$182K
May 2025$194K
Apr 2025$174K
Mar 2025$157K
Feb 2025$186K
Jan 2025$169K
Dec 2024$161K
Nov 2024$157K
Oct 2024$159K
Sep 2024$163K
Aug 2024$171K
Jul 2024$170K
Jun 2024$178K
May 2024$191K
Apr 2024$172K
Mar 2024$162K
Feb 2024$187K
Jan 2024$166K
Dec 2023$163K
Nov 2023$168K
Oct 2023$164K

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$106K
Aug 2026$106K
Jul 2026$106K
Jun 2026$99.2K
May 2026$99.2K
Apr 2026$99.2K
Mar 2026$99.2K
Feb 2026$99.2K
Jan 2026$99.2K
Dec 2025$107K
Nov 2025$107K
Oct 2025$107K
Sep 2025$110K
Aug 2025$110K
Jul 2025$110K
Jun 2025$91.7K
May 2025$91.7K
Apr 2025$91.7K
Mar 2025$91.7K
Feb 2025$91.7K
Jan 2025$91.7K
Dec 2024$91.7K
Nov 2024$102K
Oct 2024$102K
Sep 2024$102K
Aug 2024$102K
Jul 2024$102K
Jun 2024$99.6K
May 2024$99.6K
Apr 2024$99.6K
Mar 2024$99.6K
Feb 2024$99.6K
Jan 2024$99.6K
Dec 2023$99.6K
Nov 2023$99.6K
Oct 2023$99.6K

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$57M+5513.7%
FY2024$1.02M-39.2%
FY2023$1.67M-27.9%
FY2022$2.31M+23.3%
FY2021$1.88M-66.1%
FY2020$5.54M-24.0%
FY2019$7.3M-20.8%
FY2018$9.22M-18.3%
FY2017$11.3M-16.8%
FY2016$13.6M-9.0%
FY2015$14.9M-7.9%
FY2014$16.2M-7.1%
FY2013$17.4Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$11.4M$10.9M+4.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$4.36M$5.27M-17.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$13M$8.39M+55.1%
Charges for Services$16.6M$15.7M+6.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$105K$106K-1.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$9.9M$6.28M+57.7%
Other Sources$9.09M$7.97M+14.0%
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)$14.2M$14.2M-0.1%
Public Safety$8.39M$7.28M+15.2%
Physical Environment$10.6M$9.99M+5.6%
Transportation$4.56M$3.99M+14.1%
Culture / Recreation$1.71M$1.77M-3.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$397K$649K-38.9%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$596MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$609M high2026
Change on a year earlier+4.3%June 30, 2026
Change, real+1.1%June 30, 2026
Branches6June 30, 2026
Institutions5June 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 West Melbourne.

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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
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationWest Melbourne - Palm Branch115 Palm Bay Rd NeWest Melbourne$172M
Bank of America, National AssociationWest Melbourne Branch3003 W New Haven AveWest Melbourne$125M
Truist BankHammock Landing Branch175 Palm Bay Rd NeWest Melbourne$96.4M
PNC Bank, National AssociationWest Melbourne Branch2950 W New Haven AveWest Melbourne$76.4M
Truist BankWest Melbourne Branch2817 W New Haven AveWest Melbourne$68.9M
Regions BankWest Palm Bay Branch105 Palm Bay Rd NeWest Melbourne$58.2M

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