What is the population of Rockledge city?

Rockledge city has 28,279 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #148 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Rockledge city?

Median household income in Rockledge city is $83,009 a year, 5.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockledge city?

Median gross rent is $1,706 a month and the median home value is $305,800, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.

Is Rockledge city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockledge city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rockledge, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rockledge, Florida (Rockledge, FL — Census place “Rockledge city”) is 28,279 residents, ranking #148 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $83,009, the median home is worth $305,800 and median gross rent runs $1,706 a month. Looking for the Rockledge Florida ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rockledge, FL: 32955.

Population: 28,279Rockledge city residents
Median household income: $83,009Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $305,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,706Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 48 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.8%Owner-occupied households

Rockledge ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rockledge.

The Rockledge FL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

32955

What the numbers mean in Rockledge city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rockledge city median would spend about 24.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 78.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rockledge city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rockledge city is a small city in Florida, with 28,279 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #148 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 48 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Rockledge city earn a median of $83,009 a year, 5.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rockledge city is valued at $305,800, essentially level with the national figure and within a couple of points of the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,706 a month, 21.3% above the national figure, or roughly $20,472 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Rockledge city?: Rockledge city has 28,279 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #148 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Rockledge city?: Median household income in Rockledge city is $83,009 a year, 5.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockledge city?: Median gross rent is $1,706 a month and the median home value is $305,800, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.
Is Rockledge city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockledge city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rockledge city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.