658,447 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.2% since 2020)
1,015 square miles of land · 649 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
27 active community water systems list Brevard County in the area they serve, reporting 722,613 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COCOA, CITY OF surface water · local government · FL3050223 | 294,039 served |
| MELBOURNE, CITY OF surface water · local government · FL3051447 | 167,753 served |
| PALM BAY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3050442 | 140,750 served |
| TITUSVILLE, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · FL3051367 | 57,218 served |
| WEST MELBOURNE WTR SYS(CONSEC) buys surface water · local government · FL3051460 | 30,443 served |
| BAREFOOT BAY groundwater · local government · FL3050057 | 10,290 served |
| MIMS WATER TREATMENT / NORTH BREVARD CO. groundwater · local government · FL3050834 | 7,958 served |
| PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE(CONSEC) buys surface water · federal · FL3054128 | 7,500 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,492 people were held in Brevard County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,548.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Brevard County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $972 million — $822.8 million to run schools, about $11,100 per student, plus $120 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $464.2 million local (mostly property tax), $356.7 million state, $185.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $356.2 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Brevard County about $389.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
250 bridges in Brevard County: 123 in good condition, 126 fair, and 1 poor (0.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US-1 over City St. & Crane Creek · built 1959 | 37,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $137.1 million of work in Brevard County in fiscal 2025, about $226 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Brevard County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Brevard County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Osceola County (31 mi) · Seminole County (38 mi) · Orange County (41 mi) · Indian River County (42 mi) · Volusia County (59 mi) · Okeechobee County (64 mi).