People QuickFacts West Melbourne Florida Population, 2012 estimate 19,164 19,317,568 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 18,356 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.4% 2.7% Population, 2010 18,355 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.7% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.9% 21.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 21.2% 17.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.4% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 85.5% 75.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.9% 16.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.0% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.8% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 9.0% 22.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 79.3% 57.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.6% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.2% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.2% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.9% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.3% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,225 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.3 25.7  Housing units, 2010 8,881 8,989,580 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.2% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.8% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $179,700 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 7,080 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,879 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $53,338 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.8% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts West Melbourne Florida Total number of firms, 2007 1,432 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.5% 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 114,400 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 102,042 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 502,252 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $33,257 $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 49,525 41,922,059     Geography QuickFacts West Melbourne Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 10.20 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,799.5 350.6 FIPS Code 76500 12 Counties Brevard County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts