West Melbourne, Florida

West Melbourne population, 2020 to 2024

West Melbourne added 4,799 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2,121. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so West Melbourne is 1.4 times that size.

West Melbourne covers 10.88 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 2,884 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so West Melbourne is denser than the typical town.

What county West Melbourne is in

All of West Melbourne's residents live in Brevard County, which had 658,447 residents in 2024. West Melbourne holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Melbourne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Melbourne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32904. 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 West Melbourne is

The Census internal point of West Melbourne is at 28.050400, -80.658300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 273.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Melbourne, FL (87,561 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Palm Bay, FL, 6.6 miles away.

Daylight in West Melbourne

At 28.05° N, West Melbourne gets about 13 h 55 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 West Melbourne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Melbourne, 4.2 miles away, with 87,561 people.