AreaProfile

Viera East, Florida

Area Profile

12,570 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Viera East, in Brevard County.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity2260th of 3,904 published cities52
Housing affordability2378th of 4,223 published cities77
ClimateTop 10% of 4,223 published cities83
Physical resilience3670th of 4,182 published cities19
AccessTop 23% of 4,226 published cities97
Economic stability2494th of 4,226 published cities56
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.8% and median household income $92,467, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published city profiles.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, wildfire and lightning.

A major airport is 12 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
12,570
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$92,467
Top 23% nationally
Density
2,485/sq mi
5.1 sq mi of land
Median age
44.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Brevard County
Florida
Metro area
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
Nearest major airport
MLB
12 mi · Melbourne Orlando Intl
Median home value
$396,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.8% is lower than 32% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.7% over the past year, to 291,399 employed residents.

51% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 89% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$13,769$92,467Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$6,296$49,894Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate3.5%Bottom 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.7 minTop 50%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher51.5%Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment291,399Top 23%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.5%Bottom 25%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.7%Top 49%June 2026
Labor force306,250Top 22%June 2026
Labor force participation52.5%Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,210Bottom 45%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,030Bottom 34%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 19%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.8%Top 32%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202497k82k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $92,467 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons7,670$33,430
Fast Food and Counter Workers7,630$28,660
Registered Nurses5,440$80,900
General and Operations Managers5,090$101,830
Waiters and Waitresses5,080$36,670
Cashiers5,070$30,390

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Brevard County, FL, which contains this city.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,681 takes 22% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.3 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
21.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,681
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$396,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.29Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate76.3%Top 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5905,631Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$235$1,681Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$18,685$396,700Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.8%Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate9.1%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 52°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 50.8 inches.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MELBOURNE INTL AP, 11.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND7.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation50.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low52°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing20°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

19 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, wildfire and lightning.

HurricaneHigh
LightningModerate
WildfireModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, coastal flooding, landslide, drought, earthquake, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 12 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Melbourne Orlando IntlMLB12 mi10,181 ft
Orlando IntlMCO38 mi10,000 ft
Orlando Sanford IntlSFB48 mi11,002 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
Palm BayBrevard County130,13255vs Viera East
MelbourneBrevard County86,57653vs Viera East
TitusvilleBrevard County49,38549vs Viera East
Merritt IslandBrevard County34,992vs Viera East
RockledgeBrevard County29,13359vs Viera East
West MelbourneBrevard County28,79561vs Viera East
Port St. JohnBrevard County25,120vs Viera East
CocoaBrevard County19,55451vs Viera East
Viera WestBrevard County17,984vs Viera East
Cocoa BeachBrevard County11,37758vs Viera East
Satellite BeachBrevard County11,31363vs Viera East
Cape CanaveralBrevard County10,00649vs Viera East

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.