City safety & data profile

Satellite BeachFL

Satellite Beach, FL is a 11K-resident city in Brevard County with a median household income of $119,134.

Brevard County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Satellite Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Satellite Beach has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $502,500.

Data updated 2026-09-05

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$119,134
Median income (place)
$502,500
Median home (place)
4.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Satellite Beach

Satellite Beach posts a median household income higher than 82% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 18%
by median income, US cities

Where Satellite Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$119,134 Top 18% higher than 82% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Satellite Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Satellite Beach, FL beyond the headline numbers

Satellite Beach sits inside Brevard County, Florida, at roughly 28.18°N, -80.59°W. Population 10,633, $119,134 median household income. Median home value $502,500, median rent $1,909. Poverty rate 4.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.1% of Satellite Beach, FL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Satellite Beach runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

19.2% of Satellite Beach workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 31% in Satellite Beach, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 42.6 years, Satellite Beach's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Satellite Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,633
Satellite Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$119,134
+33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$502,500
+21% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Brevard County): Satellite Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
633K+16%
Median Income
$78,476+63%
Median Home Value
$339,600+134%
Poverty Rate
10.2%-24%
Unemployment
4.8%-61%

Economics

Economics indicators for Satellite Beach, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,909/mo
Poverty Rate
4.1% -67% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 56.6%
Work From Home 19.2%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 85.7%
African American 1.5%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
34.9%
Short Sleep Duration
31%
Obesity
30.5%
Physical Inactivity
17.6%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.8%
Diabetes
10.4%
Current Smoking
9.4%
Current Asthma
9.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.8%
Annual Checkup 80%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Satellite Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Satellite Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-SATELLITE-BEACH · Satellite Beach

Satellite Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Satellite Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Satellite Beach, FL?
Satellite Beach, FL has a population of 10,633 people, located in Brevard County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Satellite Beach?
The median household income in Satellite Beach, FL is $119,134 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.1%.
What is the median home value in Satellite Beach?
The median home value in Satellite Beach, FL is $502,500. Median rent is $1,909/month.
What are the top health concerns in Satellite Beach?
The top health indicators in Satellite Beach include High Blood Pressure (34.9%), Short Sleep Duration (31%), Obesity (30.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Satellite Beach?
The median age in Satellite Beach, FL is 42.6 years. 56.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Satellite Beach, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (4.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($119,134 here).

Compare Satellite Beach with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Satellite Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Satellite Beach area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Brevard County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.