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Malabar

Town, Brevard County. Population 3,136 (2025), +0.6% on the prior year, +6.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Malabar

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 10.71 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population3,136Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519793.1k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+6.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20202,9492020

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
20253,136estimate+0.6%
20243,118estimate+1.1%
20233,083estimate+2.1%
20223,019estimate+0.9%
20212,993estimate+1.5%
20202,949census-1.0%
20192,979estimate+2.8%
20182,899estimate+1.2%
20172,866estimate+1.7%
20162,817estimate+0.8%
20152,796estimate+1.1%
20142,765estimate0.0%
20132,766estimate+1.0%
20122,738estimate-0.4%
20112,750estimate-0.3%
20102,757census-4.5%
20092,887estimate+1.0%
20082,859estimate+1.6%
20072,814estimate-2.0%
20062,872estimate+1.0%
20052,843estimate+2.2%
20042,782estimate+2.5%
20032,713estimate+1.7%
20022,667estimate+0.8%
20012,645estimate+0.9%
20002,622census+3.1%
19992,544estimate+3.8%
19982,451estimate+2.3%
19972,395estimate+1.3%
19962,364estimate+2.2%
19952,313estimate+2.6%
19942,255estimate+3.1%
19932,187estimate+1.9%
19922,147estimate+1.9%
19912,106estimaten/a
19891,825estimate+12.0%
19881,630estimate+2.6%
19871,589estimate+2.7%
19861,547estimate+4.1%
19851,486estimate+4.7%
19841,419estimate+4.5%
19831,358estimate+8.0%
19821,257estimate+5.6%
19811,190estimaten/a
19791,200estimaten/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$40.7M

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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$16.7M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$33M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error31.8%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$4.73M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$7.12M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error14.6%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$16.7M$33M$22.5M31.8%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$4.73M$7.12M$6.08M14.6%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 32% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses16New licenses by month, Jan 2025 to Aug 2026Jan 20251 highAug 2026
Food service licenses8Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses6Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)85Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before0.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month3Sep 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: Malabar, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32950.

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Establishments (ZIP basis)1222023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)1,3732023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$110M2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood3
2014-MFDVfood3
2APSalcohol2
2015-VENDfood2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging2
2COPalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1

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: Malabar)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies8178
Florida profit corporations46
Florida non-profit corporations01
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32950: 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
329501221,373$110M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months11Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20095 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+120.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$5.35MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months11Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table62025

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$515K
Jul 2026110$330K
Jun 2026110$642K
May 2026110$300K
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026110$350K
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026110$500K
Dec 2025110$426K
Nov 2025110$612K
Oct 2025330$1.67M
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025110$950K
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024110$350K
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024220$1.99M
Sep 2024110$285K
Aug 2024220$1.18M
Jul 2024110$317K
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024220$990K
Mar 2024110$140K
Feb 2024220$1.09M
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023550$2.36M
Nov 2023330$734K
Oct 2023330$1.26M
Sep 2023330$1.39M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025660$3.66M
202412120$6.34M
202328280$14.4M
202224240$12.9M
202120200$9.46M
202028280$10.1M
201923230$9.7M
201823230$9.7M
201720200$8.43M
201617170$7.17M
201515150$6.33M
201413130$5.48M
201320200$8.22M
2012660$2.54M
2011770$2.21M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$656M
Total taxable value (non school)$392M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$425M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$638M2025 final roll
New construction value$14.2M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,3212026 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$423K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months59Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$609KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$505M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$34.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$20.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$26.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$39.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$11.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$13.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$6.07M2026 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
Residential1,116$505M$291M$11.1M1,225+2.0%
Commercial25$34.7M$32.2M$139Kn/a+3.9%
Industrial18$20.6M$19.5M$1.13Mn/a+18.7%
Agricultural68$26.2M$7.84M$552Kn/a+9.0%
Vacant960$39.1M$34.1M$59.5Kn/a-5.0%
Institutional10$11.5M$2.08M$1.13Mn/a+30.0%
Government97$13.1M$0$0n/a+4.7%
Other28$6.07M$5.06M$0n/a+1.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,286Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199099.0% high2024
Occupied units1,2152020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units712020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,2012020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households142020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate98.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)20.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households93.4%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%)0.0%2025
Median single family sale price$568K2024

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 less121519
All households30.01-50% AMI49354
All households50.01-80% AMI2413449
All households80.01-120% AMI9440
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI890100
Renters30% AMI or less800
Renters30.01-50% AMI000
Renters50.01-80% AMI01140
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI000
Owners30% AMI or less41519
Owners30.01-50% AMI49354
Owners50.01-80% AMI242049
Owners80.01-120% AMI9440
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI890100

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$120K23
1997$121K26
1998$138K33
1999$145K41
2000$133K34
2001$135K47
2002$167K49
2003$206K37
2004$232K40
2005$300K46
2006$318K30
2007$260K17
2008$251K16
2009$262K10
2010$185K15
2011$164K28
2012$172K41
2013$210K39
2014$215K38
2015$246K36

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$16.9KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$20.9K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$201KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$201KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$8.53KSep 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+0.7%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$7.26MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+82.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$3.63MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+21.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.33KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.38MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-6.3%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$16.9K
Aug 2026$17K
Jul 2026$16.4K
Jun 2026$16.8K
May 2026$18.9K
Apr 2026$15.9K
Mar 2026$16.4K
Feb 2026$18.9K
Jan 2026$15.8K
Dec 2025$15.9K
Nov 2025$16.3K
Oct 2025$15.3K
Sep 2025$18.6K
Aug 2025$18.2K
Jul 2025$18.3K
Jun 2025$18.9K
May 2025$20.1K
Apr 2025$18K
Mar 2025$16.3K
Feb 2025$19.3K
Jan 2025$17.5K
Dec 2024$16.7K
Nov 2024$16.3K
Oct 2024$16.5K
Sep 2024$17K
Aug 2024$17.8K
Jul 2024$17.8K
Jun 2024$18.6K
May 2024$20K
Apr 2024$18K
Mar 2024$17K
Feb 2024$19.6K
Jan 2024$17.4K
Dec 2023$17.1K
Nov 2023$17.6K
Oct 2023$17.1K

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$8.53K
Aug 2026$8.53K
Jul 2026$8.53K
Jun 2026$8.52K
May 2026$8.52K
Apr 2026$8.52K
Mar 2026$8.52K
Feb 2026$8.52K
Jan 2026$8.52K
Dec 2025$9.1K
Nov 2025$9.1K
Oct 2025$9.1K
Sep 2025$9.36K
Aug 2025$9.36K
Jul 2025$9.36K
Jun 2025$8.18K
May 2025$8.18K
Apr 2025$8.18K
Mar 2025$8.18K
Feb 2025$8.18K
Jan 2025$8.18K
Dec 2024$8.18K
Nov 2024$9K
Oct 2024$9K
Sep 2024$9K
Aug 2024$9K
Jul 2024$9K
Jun 2024$8.91K
May 2024$8.91K
Apr 2024$8.91K
Mar 2024$8.91K
Feb 2024$8.91K
Jan 2024$8.91K
Dec 2023$8.91K
Nov 2023$8.91K
Oct 2023$8.91K

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$3.38M-6.3%
FY2024$3.61M+1034.5%
FY2023$318K-38.8%
FY2022$520K-13.0%
FY2021$598K+10.6%
FY2020$541K-4.8%
FY2019$568K-10.6%
FY2018$636K+1431.2%
FY2017$41.5Kn/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0-100.0%
FY2013$56.4Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.35M$2.15M+9.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$541K$578K-6.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$411K$976K-57.9%
Charges for Services$146K$144K+0.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.1K$0.5K-85.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$310K$109K+184.1%
Other Sources$3.5M$15.4K+22653.9%
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)$806K$721K+11.8%
Public Safety$1.15M$1.86M-38.0%
Physical Environment$55K$60.3K-8.8%
Transportation$1.56M$333K+368.2%
Culture / Recreation$62.2K$21.7K+186.5%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Court-Related Expendituresn/an/an/a

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