City of Satellite Beach, Florida: General Information

Satellite Beach, Florida is a city in Brevard County, which is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area for U.S. Census purposes.  As of the official numbers of the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 9,577, and by estimated figures as of 2005, the population was 9,811.  The city has a total area of 3.4 square miles, 2.4 square miles of which is land and 1.0 square miles of it is water.  Satellite Beach is referred to as a “barrier city” because it lies on an island that is situated in front of the mainland, along Florida‘s Atlantic Coast.

Of the 9,577 people living in Satellite Beach at the time of the U.S. Census in 2000, there were 3,952 households, and 2,877 families calling the city home. The population density was 4,030.6 inhabitants per square mile . There were 4,257 housing units at an average density of 1,791.6 per square mile.  Children were living in 26.8% of households, and 60.3% were married couples living together.  Females were the heads of household in 9.2% of the homes, while 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% of households comprised a single person who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the city of Satellite Beach, the population was spread out:  21.8% were children under the age of 18, 5.3% were aged from 18 to 24, and 23.0% were 25 to 44 years.  From 45 to 64, this was 28.3% of the population, and 21.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 95 males, though for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

The salary figures calculated by the U.S. Census in 2000 ranges from a median income for a household at $55,571, and for a family $63,442.  Males had a significantly higher median income of $42,079 versus $28,259 for females. As a whole, the per capita income for the city was $27,181.