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Households in Merritt Island
2013 – 2024 · 12 data points
88 of 391 · Towns of Florida
Updated Nov 5, 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
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Overview
7 figures
People
21 figures
Economy
20 figures
Housing
8 figures
Education
10 figures
Tourism
3 figures
Climate
8 figures
Latest value · 2024
14,166
+2.2%
since 2023 ± 678 · margin of error
Towns of Florida · 2024
88 of 391
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014
−1.7%
+0.0% a year on average
share of Brevard County
5.50%
Brevard County: 257,695 · 2024
Households, 2013 – 2024 number
−1.7% since 2014
0
5,000
10K
15K
20K
2013
2016
2018
2020
2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
Compared with Households · number
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
The series at a glance Merritt Island · 2013 – 2024
Latest value
14,166 · 2024
First value
14,123 · 2013
Highest
15,119 · 2018
Lowest
13,582 · 2021
Average change
+0.0% a year on average
Data points
12
By year
All years · 2013 – 2024
| Year | Merritt Island | ± | Change | Brevard County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024estimate | 14,166 | 678 | +2.2% | 258K | 8.8M | 129M |
| 2023estimate | 13,867 | 687 | +1.3% | 252K | 8.6M | 127M |
| 2022estimate | 13,687 | 705 | +0.8% | 247K | 8.4M | 126M |
| 2021estimate | 13,582 | 687 | −1.5% | 243K | 8.2M | 124M |
| 2020estimate | 13,790 | 743 | −6.4% | 236K | 7.9M | — |
| 2019estimate | 14,727 | 484 | −2.6% | 230K | 7.7M | — |
| 2018estimate | 15,119 | 459 | +0.9% | 229K | 7.6M | — |
| 2017estimate | 14,984 | 407 | +1.8% | 227K | 7.5M | — |
| 2016estimate | 14,723 | 394 | +1.0% | 224K | 7.4M | — |
| 2015estimate | 14,577 | 298 | +1.2% | 223K | 7.3M | — |
| 2014estimate | 14,410 | 370 | +2.0% | 222K | 7.2M | — |
| 2013estimate | 14,123 | 295 | 220K | 7.2M | — |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024
Ranking · Towns of Florida
2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Households | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | Alva | 1,152 | |
| 353 | Anna Maria | 551 | |
| 304 | Apalachicola | 1,199 | |
| 123 | Apollo Beach | 9,429 | |
| 167 | Atlantic Beach | 5,960 | |
| 328 | Atlantis | 846 | |
| 276 | Ave Maria | 1,750 | |
| 67 | Aventura | 18,624 | |
| 291 | Bagdad | 1,481 | |
| 296 | Bal Harbour | 1,379 | |
| 345 | Baldwin | 656 | |
| 263 | Bay Harbor Islands | 2,173 | |
| 297 | Bay Pines | 1,308 | |
| 95 | Bayonet Point | 11,848 | |
| 138 | Bayshore Gardens | 7,887 | |
| 383 | Bell | 162 | |
| 177 | Belle Glade | 5,626 | |
| 273 | Belleair | 1,910 | |
| 344 | Belleair Beach | 681 | |
| 306 | Belleair Bluffs | 1,168 | |
| 127 | Bellview | 8,994 | |
| 203 | Beverly Hills | 4,473 | |
| 274 | Big Pine Key | 1,873 | |
| 319 | Biscayne Park | 980 | |
| 135 | Bloomingdale | 8,300 | |
| … | |||
| 28 | Melbourne | 34,473 | |
| 295 | Melbourne Beach | 1,395 | |
| 370 | Melbourne Village | 330 | |
| 86 | Merritt Island | 13,582 | |
| 343 | Mexico Beach | 688 | |
| 2 | Miami | 182K | |
| 19 | Miami Beach | 41,533 | |
| … |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021
What it means
The number of homes lived in by a household.
How it is calculated
Occupied homes counted in the census or survey; a household is everybody who lives in one home.
People
Merritt Island in numbers
Population
34,992
2024
Population growth
0.52%
2025 · United States
Population density
796
2024
Median age
50.2
2024
Children under 15
15.7%
2024 · Florida
Children under 18
17.2%
2024
Residents 65 and over
27.6%
2024
Life expectancy
77.9
2022 · Florida
Births per woman
1.63
2024 · United States
Birth rate
10.6
2024 · United States
Infant mortality
5.5
2024 · United States
Net migration
3.9
2023 · United States