County profile
Brevard County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#136 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$43.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
205,503
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
15,510
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
663,982
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$78.5k±$1.1k
Bachelor's degree+
34.2%±0.7%
Poverty rate
10.2%±0.6%
Business applications
11,649 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,049
31.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1L3Harris Technologies, Inc.Industrials$21.9B76B+2BK Technologies CorporationTechnology$86.1M69B3Video Display CorporationTechnology$8.3M——4Evercore Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$4.4M——5Sidus Space, Inc.Industrials$1.8M29D6First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Healthcare$1.0M27D7Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.Consumer Defensive$484.7k26D8Forwardly Inc.Financial Services$0——9Fit After Fifty, Inc.Consumer Cyclical———10Branded Legacy, Inc.Healthcare———11Eve Holding, Inc.Industrials———12Starfighters Space IncIndustrials———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care22%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation19%
Professional services15%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
663,982
residents · 2025 · +9.1% since 2020
Income per capita $64.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+63,108
International migration+8,533
Natural change−16,941
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$27.5B2019
$28.4B2020
$32.4B2021
$36.4B2022
$40.6B2023
$43.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$339.6k±$3.7k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±0.6%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.6B
4,624 units · 7.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 100Lightning 99Wildfire 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4282016
4782017
5182018
5452019
5762020
6672021
8282022
8872023
8952024
8882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20215,1742021
5,2582022
6,5372023
4,6032024
4,6242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
FEC
Nearest port
16.6 km
CANAVERAL PORT AUTHORITY CRUISE TERMINALS NOS 9 & 10 WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
22.8 km
MELBOURNE ORLANDO INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):6,080,608 short tons/yr · Canaveral Port District, FL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR18 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brevard?
Brevard's economy produced $43.5B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.