Melbourne, Florida demographics

Melbourne, FL demographics: median age 42.5; 34.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Melbourne city, Florida · Incorporated city · GEOID 1243975. The survey estimates a population of 86,576 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Melbourne is 42.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.3 years. There are 37,041 households (±1,107). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	42.5 ±1.3	42.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Under 18	15,248 ±1,157	17.6% ±1.3 pp	19.5%	22.0%
18–34	20,980 ±1,270	24.2% ±1.5 pp	20.7%	22.8%
35–64	30,861 ±1,449	35.6% ±1.7 pp	38.4%	38.0%
65 and older	19,487 ±1,039	22.5% ±1.2 pp	21.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Male	42,110 ±999	48.6% ±1.2 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	44,466 ±1,015	51.4% ±1.2 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
White alone	62,111 ±1,609	71.7% ±1.9 pp	55.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	8,749 ±1,297	10.1% ±1.5 pp	15.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	94 ±75 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	2,659 ±463	3.1% ±0.5 pp	2.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	81 ±71 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,466 ±686	4.0% ±0.8 pp	6.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	9,416 ±1,058	10.9% ±1.2 pp	19.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,990 ±1,157	87.8% ±1.3 pp	72.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10,586 ±1,169	12.2% ±1.4 pp	27.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 37,041
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Married-couple family	13,416 ±714	36.2% ±1.6 pp	46.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,700 ±383	4.6% ±1.0 pp	5.2%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,705 ±520	12.7% ±1.4 pp	12.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	13,598 ±1,053	36.7% ±2.6 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,622 ±522	9.8% ±1.4 pp	7.2%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 37,041
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Households with people under 18	8,198 ±563	22.1% ±1.4 pp	26.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	28,843 ±1,251	77.9% ±2.4 pp	73.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 37,041
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	13,598 ±1,053	36.7% ±2.6 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	13,939 ±1,118	37.6% ±2.8 pp	36.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	4,433 ±573	12.0% ±1.5 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,037 ±454	8.2% ±1.2 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,235 ±283	3.3% ±0.8 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	500 ±227	1.3% ±0.6 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	299 ±125	0.8% ±0.3 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 86,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Native	77,573 ±969	89.6% ±1.1 pp	78.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	9,003 ±960	10.4% ±1.1 pp	21.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 82,880
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
English only	72,305 ±1,232	87.2% ±1.4 pp	69.4%	77.7%
Spanish	6,267 ±861	7.6% ±1.0 pp	22.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	326 ±168 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.7%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	420 ±169	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	314 ±321 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,146 ±434	1.4% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	2.0%
Korean	119 ±81 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	216 ±117 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	759 ±327	0.9% ±0.4 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	443 ±227 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	229 ±133 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	187 ±234 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	149 ±90 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 62,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,467 ±640	7.1% ±1.0 pp	10.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	15,823 ±1,102	25.1% ±1.7 pp	27.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	13,559 ±1,071	21.5% ±1.7 pp	18.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	7,261 ±789	11.5% ±1.2 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	13,710 ±1,066	21.8% ±1.7 pp	21.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8,153 ±872	12.9% ±1.4 pp	12.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 85,608
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Same house	70,309 ±1,613	82.1% ±1.9 pp	86.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	7,773 ±1,030	9.1% ±1.2 pp	6.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,895 ±752	3.4% ±0.9 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	3,980 ±759	4.6% ±0.9 pp	2.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	651 ±311	0.8% ±0.4 pp	1.1%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.8% of Melbourne residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.5% in Florida and 8.4% nationally. 90.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Melbourne	Florida	U.S.	Compared with Florida
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.8% ±1.2 pp	11.5%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.4% ±3.8 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	11.5% ±1.1 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Melbourne . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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