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Merritt Island, FL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merritt Island, FL: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 42,635. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MERRITT-ISLAND-FL · Merritt Island, FL 2 ZIPs · 42,635 pop · #5334/25278 · Brevard County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $94,994
  • RANK-UPPER #5334/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Melbourne Beach
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-SMALL 42,635
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 32953→32952
  • HOME-HIGH $422,450

Nearest income peer: Melbourne Beach, FL (+ $3,426 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Merritt Island

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merritt Island on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Merritt Island, FL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
42,635
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,994
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $94,994 and home value $422,450 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 39.6%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merritt Island as a pure owner town.

Within Florida, Marathon is the closest lower-income city and Destin the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Merritt Island.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Merritt Island differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Merritt Island: $87,262 in ZIP 32953 to $102,726 in 32952. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.2×

32953 to 32952

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.0×

32953 to 32952

Poverty-rate spread
6.4 points

32952 to 32953

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 32953 skews compact Merritt Island

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 32953 covers about 53% of Merritt Island's 42,635 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Merritt Island

Citywide ZBP: 1,284 establishments, 14,495 employees , annual payroll $861,406k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 32952 (644 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (191) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Merritt Island, FL

These ZIP codes sit in Brevard County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Merritt Island. See the Brevard County roll-up →

Merritt Island sits in the upper half of Brevard County on income: Melbourne, Palm Bay and Cocoa report less, while Satellite Beach, Indialantic and Melbourne Beach report more. Sebastian marks the far end of that range at $46,712, 51% below Merritt Island.

Side-by-side: Compare 32953 vs 32952 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
32953 22,754 $87,262 640 272
32952 19,881 $102,726 644 620
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Merritt Island roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Merritt Island, .