Melbourne

Population & Demographics

Melbourne, FL

Melbourne is home to 86,576 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 37,775 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
86,576
people
Population

86,576 residents

Median age 42.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Melbourne population & demographics

Who lives in Melbourne — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
86,576
Median age
42.5yrs
Median household income
$66,991
Median home value
$306,400
Median gross rent
$1,525/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.7%
Poverty rate
15.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Melbourne

How Melbourne breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White68.4%
Hispanic or Latino12.2%
Black10.0%
Two or more races5.8%
Asian3.1%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Melbourne

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Melbourne.

Melbourne at a glance
Employed Residents
37,775
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
28.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Palm Bay
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Melbourne proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Melbourne commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

64 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Melbourne

37,775 commutes, one dot at a time

Melbourne

Where 37,775 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Melbourne, by worker count.

1Melbourne0.0 mi10,585
2Palm Bay8.9 mi4,106
3Rockledge15.7 mi1,680
4West Melbourne3.2 mi1,536
5Orlando52.2 mi1,161
6Cocoa19.3 mi608
7Jacksonville163.9 mi520
8Viera West11.1 mi519

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Melbourne.

1Palm Bay8.9 mi12,219
2Melbourne0.0 mi10,585
3West Melbourne3.2 mi3,234
4Viera West11.1 mi1,312
5Rockledge15.7 mi1,098
6Merritt Island17.2 mi1,045
7Satellite Beach5.2 mi936
8Titusville34.8 mi821

Top industries

The sectors that employ Melbourne’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing21.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.6%
RTRetail Trade8.6%
COConstruction7.4%
EDEducational Services6.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.2%
WSWholesale Trade3.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Melbourne

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps96%
5 Gbps96%
8 Gbps19%
See all internet providers in Melbourne

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).