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Cape Canaveral city, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Cape Canaveral city is a Census city of 10,006 people across 2.22 square miles of land, in Brevard County. Median household income is $67,276, 58.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
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Cape Canaveral
What Cape Canaveral is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.22 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,503
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrevard County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Cape Canaveral
- Population10,006
- Median age60.1
- Population under 18512 plus or minus 171
- Share under 185.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Population 65 and over3,590
- Share 65 and over35.9 percent
- Households6,061
- Family households2,471
- Share of households that are families40.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Cape Canaveral
- Median household income$67,276
- Per capita income$52,077
- Civilian labor force4,957
- Employed4,759
- Unemployed198 plus or minus 117
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over9,269
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Cape Canaveral
- Housing units9,245
- Occupied units6,061
- Vacant units3,184
- Vacancy rate34.4 percent
- Owner occupied3,549
- Renter occupied2,512
- Ownership rate58.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$372,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,318
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units1,769
- Share single family19.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,772
- Share in buildings of two or more73.3 percent
- Mobile homes671 plus or minus 209
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Cape Canaveral gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,578
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,277 plus or minus 349
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.7 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,253 plus or minus 357
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone68.3 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home24.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Cape Canaveral (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,826,000
- Average approval$971,000
- Median approval$968,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,400,000
- Largest approval$2,400,000
- Jobs supported50
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Cape Canaveral (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$367,000
- Average approval$367,000
- Median approval$367,000
- Largest approval$367,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Cape Canaveral
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number125094
- Currently effective map date01/29/21
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Brevard County, not Cape Canaveral
Brevard County context, not Cape Canaveral figures
These are Brevard County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cape Canaveral measurements.
- Establishments in Brevard County15,510
- Employment at those establishments, Brevard County205,503
- Covered employment, Brevard County242,124
- Average annual pay, Brevard County$68,051
- Average weekly wage, Brevard County$1,309
- Housing units permitted, Brevard County4,603
- Of those, single family, Brevard County3,889
- County product, 2024, Brevard County$43,482,320,000
- County product change over the prior year, Brevard County7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Brevard County$87,320
Every figure in this section is published for Brevard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cape Canaveral. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cape Canaveral questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cape Canaveral, Florida?
10,006, in 6,061 households. Cape Canaveral city covers 2.22 square miles of land, which is 4,503 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cape Canaveral in?
Brevard County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cape Canaveral?
$67,276. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $372,400. Median gross rent is $1,318 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cape Canaveral businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $968,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $367,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cape Canaveral, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cape Canaveral borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Cape Canaveral. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Cape Canaveral in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Cape Canaveral appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 125094, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Cape Canaveral figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brevard County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cape Canaveral.
Is zoning published for Cape Canaveral?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.