Melbourne Beach is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,261 people and three associated neighborhoods, Melbourne Beach is the 328th largest community in Florida. Melbourne Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Melbourne Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Melbourne Beach is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.76% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Melbourne Beach is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Melbourne Beach who work in management occupations (17.31%), sales jobs (13.82%), and healthcare (10.91%). Also of interest is that Melbourne Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 27.13% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the nice things about Melbourne Beach is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. Being a small town, Melbourne Beach does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Melbourne Beach. 66.28% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Melbourne Beach in 2022 was $64,512, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $258,048 for a family of four. However, Melbourne Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Melbourne Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Melbourne Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Melbourne Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Melbourne Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Spanish.
