Florida · Census place 1222100

Fellsmere, Florida

Fellsmere is a city in Indian River County, Florida with an estimated 5,028 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 229th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,028
#229 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+4.0%
+194 people
Land area
57.6 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
87 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Fellsmere. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Fellsmere population, 2020 to 2024

Fellsmere added 194 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Fellsmere is 23% of it.

4,83420204,90020214,97120225,00720235,0282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,830. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fellsmere covers 57.58 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 87 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Fellsmere is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fellsmere is in

All of Fellsmere's residents live in Indian River County, which had 172,139 residents in 2024. Fellsmere holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fellsmere

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fellsmere by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32948, 32966. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fellsmere is

The Census internal point of Fellsmere is at 27.721200, -80.609900. Tallahassee, the capital, is 290.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sebastian, FL (27,087 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Palm Bay, FL, 16.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.721200, -80.609900
DMS
27°43'16.32"N 80°36'35.64"W
UTM
17N 538454.1E 3066379.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
76VXP9CR+F2

Daylight in Fellsmere

At 27.72° N, Fellsmere gets about 13 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fellsmere

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Sebastian, 8.7 miles away, with 27,087 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fellsmere, FL?

5,028 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 194 (4.0%) from 4,834 in July 2020.

What county is Fellsmere in?

Indian River County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fellsmere?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32948, 32966.

How far is Fellsmere from Tallahassee?

290.4 miles (467.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Fellsmere.

What is the nearest larger city to Fellsmere?

Sebastian, FL, with 27,087 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.