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Population (year 2000): 71,382. Estimated
population in July 2005: 76,646 (+7.4% change)
Males: 34,643 (48.5%), Females: 36,739 (51.5%)
Brevard County
Zip codes:
32901,
32904,
32934,
32935,
32940.
Median resident age: 39.8 years
Median household income: $34,571 (year 2000)
Median house value: $85,400 (year 2000)
Races in Melbourne:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.7%)
- Black (9.3%)
- Hispanic (5.5%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (16.7%), Irish (14.7%),
English (12.8%), Italian (8.2%), United States (7.2%), French
(4.4%).
Elevation: 21 feet
Land area: 30.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Melbourne
- High school or higher: 85.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
- Unemployed: 5.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Melbourne city
- Never married: 24.3%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 9.0%
- Divorced: 13.5%
7.8% Foreign born (2.5% Europe, 2.3% Asia, 2.1%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +10,310
(+16.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Melbourne:
- CIRCLES OF CARE INC (400 E SHERIDAN RD)
- HEALTHSOUTH SEA PINES HOSPITAL (101 EAST
FLORIDA AVENUE)
- HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (1350 S
HICKORY ST)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Melbourne:
- MELBOURNE INTL (about 2 miles; MELBOURNE, FL; ID:
MLB)
- PATRICK AFB (about 9 miles; COCOA BEACH, FL; ID: COF)
- CAPE CANAVERAL AFS SKID STRIP (about 25 miles; COCOA
BEACH, FL; ID: XMR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Melbourne:
- VALKARIA (about 13 miles; VALKARIA, FL; ID: X59)
- MERRITT ISLAND (about 16 miles; MERRITT ISLAND, FL;
ID: COI)
- SEBASTIAN MUNI (about 24 miles; SEBASTIAN, FL; ID:
X26)
Colleges/Universities in Melbourne:
- FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MELBOURNE
(Full-time enrollment: 3,055; Location: 150 W UNIVERSITY
BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.fit.edu;
Offers Doctor's degree)
- HERZING COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 120;
Location: 1270 N WICKHAM RD STE 51; Private, for-profit)
- FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-MELBOURNE (FT
enrollment: 90; Location: 2401 N HARBOR CITY BLVD;
Private, for-profit; Website:
www.cci.edu/fmu/fmuhome.htm; Offers Master's degree)
- INSTITUTE OF LEGAL AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
(FT enrollment: 57; Location: 1600 SARNO RD STE 107;
Private, not-for-profit)
- MELBOURNE BEAUTY SCHOOL (FT enrollment: 15;
Location: 686 N WICKHAM RD; Private, for-profit)
- AMERICAN RED CROSS BREVARD COUNTY CHAPTER
(Location: 1150 S HICKORY ST; Private, not-for-profit)
- KEISER COLLEGE-MELBOURNE (Location: 900 S
BABCOCK ST; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.keisercollege.cc.fl.us)
- Melbourne Beauty School (Location: 626
Wickham Rd.; Private, for-profit)
- CHEMISTRY OF BEAUTY SPECIALTIES (Location:
1270 N WICKHAM RD STE 17 & 18; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Melbourne:
- BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE-COCOA CAMPUS (about 19
miles; COCOA, FL; Full-time enrollment: 7,277)
- INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles; FT
PIERCE, FL; FT enrollment: 6,149)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (about 54 miles;
ORLANDO, FL; FT enrollment: 26,717)
- VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; ORLANDO,
FL; FT enrollment: 15,792)
- ROLLINS COLLEGE (about 61 miles; WINTER PARK, FL; FT
enrollment: 2,899)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ORLANDO CAMPUS (about 62
miles; MAITLAND, FL; FT enrollment: 3,992)
- SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles; SANFORD,
FL; FT enrollment: 5,261)
Public high schools in Melbourne:
- PALM BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,390;
Location: 101 PIRATE LANE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,313;
Location: 1400 COMMODORE BOULEVARD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
2,281; Location: 74 BULLDOG BOULEVARD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WESTSHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Students: 943; Location: 250 WILDCAT ALLEY; Grades: 07
- 12)
Private high schools in Melbourne:
- MELBOURNE CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS (Students: 625;
Location: 100 E FLORIDA AVE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- FLORIDA AIR ACADEMY (Students: 374; Location:
1950 S ACADEMY DR; Grades: 7 - 12; Boys only)
- COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC (Students:
188; Location: 1616 FERNDALE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12)
- WADE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 106;
Location: 4300 N WICKHAM; Grades: KG - 12)
- SEASIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 92;
Location: 399 E EAU GALLIE BLVD; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Melbourne:
- SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,131;
Location: 900 JORDAN BLASS DRIVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
1,109; Location: 2155 CROTON ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,054;
Location: 4290 N WICKHAM ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
- DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
1,026; Location: 2000 GLENWOOD DRIVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 754; Location:
1101 E UNIVERSITY BOULEVA; Grades: 07 - 08)
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 740;
Location: 2541 POST ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 684;
Location: 2601 FOUNTAINHEAD BOULEVA; Grades: PK - 06)
- UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY MAGNET (Students:
553; Location: 500 W UNIVERSITY BOULEVAR; Grades: PK -
06)
- HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 500;
Location: 1377 SARNO ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- CROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 459;
Location: 1449 CROTON ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Melbourne:
- ASCENSION CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 615;
Location: 2950 N HARBOR CITY BLVD; Grades: PK - 8)
- HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (Students: 439;
Location: 50 W STRAWBRIDGE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 9)
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL (Students: 249;
Location: 420 EAST FEE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- SUNTREE UNITED METH KIND (Students: 190;
Location: 7400 NORTH WICKHAM ROAD; Grades: PK - KG)
- EAU GALLIE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 138;
Location: 1660 CROTON ROAD; Grades: PK - 4)
- WEST MELBOURNE CHRISTIAN ACAD (Students: 125;
Location: 3150 MILWAUKEE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 11)
- FIRST UNITED METHODIST PRESCHO (Students:
125; Location: 110 E NEW HAVEN AVE; Grades: PK - 2)
- FAITH FELLOWSHIP ACADEMY (Students: 78;
Location: 2820 BUSINESS CENTER BLVD; Grades: PK - 11)
- BREVARD JEWISH COMM TEMPLE (Students: 29;
Location: 5995 N WICKHAM ROAD; Grades: PK - 1)
- MELBOURNE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIS (Students: 28;
Location: 210 W NEW HAVEN; Grades: PK - 8)
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