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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Merritt Island

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 138 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026
Education & commute · Merritt Island Brevard County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 41.0% −0.8 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 138 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +8.7 pp
vs Brevard County +6.8 pp Brevard County: 34.2% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Merritt Island · Brevard County · Florida · United States
+8.7 pp since 2014
Merritt Island Brevard County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Merritt Island
41.0%
Brevard County
34.2%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Merritt Island · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 41.0% · 2024
First value 31.7% · 2013
Highest 41.8% · 2023
Lowest 31.3% · 2015
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearMerritt IslandChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 41.0% −0.8 pp 34.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 41.8% +0.3 pp 33.5% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 41.5% +0.9 pp 32.9% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 40.6% +0.9 pp 31.7% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 39.6% +4.0 pp 30.9% 30.5% —
2019estimate 35.6% +1.0 pp 30.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 34.6% +2.1 pp 29.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 32.4% +0.4 pp 28.4% 28.5% —
2016estimate 32.1% +0.7 pp 27.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 31.3% −1.0 pp 27.3% 27.3% —
2014estimate 32.3% +0.6 pp 26.7% 26.8% —
2013estimate 31.7% 26.3% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
226 Alva 30.3%
23 Anna Maria 62.7%
201 Apalachicola 32.9%
108 Apollo Beach 44.6%
53 Atlantic Beach 55.2%
25 Atlantis 61.7%
110 Ave Maria 44.4%
51 Aventura 55.3%
224 Bagdad 30.5%
12 Bal Harbour 67.1%
324 Baldwin 18.3%
50 Bay Harbor Islands 55.6%
247 Bay Pines 27.5%
359 Bayonet Point 14.0%
319 Bayshore Gardens 18.8%
360 Bell 13.9%
352 Belle Glade 14.6%
62 Belleair 54.0%
34 Belleair Beach 59.4%
211 Belleair Bluffs 31.9%
323 Bellview 18.4%
378 Beverly Hills 10.0%
254 Big Pine Key 26.6%
106 Biscayne Park 44.9%
125 Bloomingdale 42.1%
…
194 Melbourne 33.3%
15 Melbourne Beach 66.3%
56 Melbourne Village 55.0%
126 Merritt Island 41.8%
169 Mexico Beach 36.6%
178 Miami 35.6%
72 Miami Beach 51.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.