Florida · Census place 1243975
Melbourne, Florida
Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida with an estimated 87,561 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 87,561
- #31 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +2.9%
- +2,481 people
- Land area
- 44.2 sq mi
- + 5.82 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,981 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Melbourne population, 2020 to 2024
Melbourne added 2,481 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +165. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 165th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Melbourne is 4.0 times that size.
Melbourne covers 44.19 square miles of land and 5.82 of water, for 1,981 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Melbourne is less dense than the typical town.
What county Melbourne is in
All of Melbourne's residents live in Brevard County, which had 658,447 residents in 2024. Melbourne holds 13.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Melbourne
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Melbourne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32901, 32903, 32904, 32934, 32935. 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 Melbourne is
The Census internal point of Melbourne is at 28.110400, -80.662700. Tallahassee, the capital, is 270.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palm Bay, FL (142,023 people), 10.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.110400, -80.662700
- DMS
- 28°06'37.44"N 80°39'45.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 533130.4E 3109478.0N
- Geohash
- dhyxumr4y
- Plus code
- 76WX486P+5W
Daylight in Melbourne
At 28.11° N, Melbourne gets about 13 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Melbourne
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is West Melbourne, 4.2 miles away, with 31,378 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Melbourne, FL?
87,561 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,481 (2.9%) from 85,080 in July 2020.
What county is Melbourne in?
Brevard County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Melbourne?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32901, 32903, 32904, 32934, 32935.
How far is Melbourne from Tallahassee?
270.9 miles (436.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Melbourne.
What is the nearest larger city to Melbourne?
Palm Bay, FL, with 142,023 residents, 10.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.