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Cocoa Beach, FL
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Cocoa Beach profile


Living in Cocoa Beach



Cocoa Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 11,341 people and four associated neighborhoods, Cocoa Beach is the 204th largest community in Florida.

Also of interest is that Cocoa Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Cocoa Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Cocoa Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

If knowledge is power, Cocoa Beach is a pretty powerful place. 50.25% of the adults in Cocoa Beach have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Cocoa Beach in 2018 was $62,117, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $248,468 for a family of four. However, Cocoa Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cocoa Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cocoa Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cocoa Beach include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Cocoa Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.