Brevard County · Residential desk · September 13, 2026
Brevard County has sixteen municipalities and a county index
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These notes are about Brevard County as a whole. Sixteen cities and towns are incorporated. Merritt Island and Viera are unincorporated. The house-price number we cite is a county index, not a Melbourne sale price.
What the cited tape move does to a $400,000 30-year shape
Principal and interest only, from 6.71% as of Aug 14 to 6.81% as of Aug 28. That is about $27 more per month before tax and insurance. Run the calculator. Not an approval.
The cities, and the places that are not cities
The 2020 Census lists sixteen incorporated places: Cape Canaveral city, Cocoa city, Cocoa Beach city, Grant-Valkaria town, Indialantic town, Indian Harbour Beach city, Malabar town, Melbourne city, Melbourne Beach town, Melbourne Village town, Palm Bay city, Palm Shores town, Rockledge city, Satellite Beach city, Titusville city, and West Melbourne city. Cocoa Beach is not Cocoa. Melbourne Beach is not Melbourne.
Named unincorporated communities include Merritt Island, Mims, Port St. John, Viera East, and Viera West. We will not invent a sale price for Merritt Island or Viera.
What the county house-price number is
The Federal Housing Finance Agency publishes an annual house-price index for Brevard County, FL. On FRED that series is ATNHPIUS12009A. The index was 359.97 in 2025, 362.73 in 2024, and 359.55 in 2023 (2000 equals 100; last updated March 31, 2026). That number is for the whole county. It is not a sale price for one city.
The last official daily 30-year rate on this site is 6.81% as of August 28. That is a national rate, not a local lock. Use the payment calculator only as a payment shape. The result is not an approval.
What Census vacancy can say
The Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, released September 11, 2025, give Brevard County, FL a homeowner vacancy rate of 1.4% and a rental vacancy rate of 10.6%. 13.8% of housing units were vacant, which includes seasonal and occasional-use homes. The 2023 1-year estimates were a 1.0% homeowner vacancy rate and a 12.7% rental vacancy rate. Those are housing-unit rates for the whole county. They are not an office or retail vacancy rate, and they are not a vacancy print for one city.
FAQ
Does this page publish a sale price for every city in Brevard County, FL?
No. The house-price figure here is the FHFA annual county index via FRED ATNHPIUS12009A: 359.97 in 2025 versus 362.73 in 2024. We do not invent a median sale price or days on market for each town.
Is that county index a mortgage rate?
No. The last official daily 30-year cited on this site is 6.81% as of August 28, 2026. That is a national survey, not a personal APR.
Does this page publish an office or storefront vacancy rate for Brevard County, FL?
No. The vacancy figures here are Census ACS 2024 1-year housing rates for the county: homeowner vacancy 1.4% and rental vacancy 10.6%. That table is about housing units, not commercial space.
Sources: FRED ATNHPIUS12009A (FHFA all-transactions Brevard County, FL annual index 359.97 (2025), 362.73 (2024), 359.55 (2023); 2000=100; updated March 31, 2026); Census 2020 Florida place-by-county file (Incorporated places named for Brevard County, FL); Mortgage News Daily daily rate index (30-year 6.81% as of August 28, 2026); Freddie Mac PMMS (weekly 30-year 6.66% as of August 27, 2026); Census ACS 2024 1-year DP04 (Brevard County, FL homeowner vacancy 1.4%, rental vacancy 10.6%, vacant housing units 13.8%; released September 11, 2025); Census ACS 2023 1-year DP04 (Brevard County, FL homeowner vacancy 1.0%, rental vacancy 12.7%, vacant housing units 14.9%; released September 12, 2024).