What is the median rent in Tropical Park, FL?

Name: Median rent in Tropical Park, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Tropical Park, FL is $1,179 (±$160) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 620 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,179 (±$160)
Rented homes: 620 (±206)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Tropical Park

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Tropical Park	Brevard County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	10.5% (±8.6 points)	2.7%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	20.0% (±14.0 points)	12.8%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	37.9% (±17.9 points)	31.0%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	31.6% (±20.7 points)	31.4%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±8.1 points)	14.7%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±8.1 points)	4.1%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±8.1 points)	3.3%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 37.9% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Tropical Park cost $2,000 or more a month.

Tropical Park against Brevard County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Tropical Park	Brevard County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$1,179 (±$160)	$1,556 (±$27)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	620 (±206)	57,328 (±1,659)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Tropical Park, median gross rent is lower than in Brevard County ($1,556).

It is also lower than in Florida ($1,669).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Brevard County, Tropical Park ranks 24 of 26 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 600 of 793.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Tropical Park

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Tropical Park
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Tropical Park	—	$1,179 (±$160)	—
Cocoa	3.4 mi	$1,274 (±$123)	Not measurably different
Cocoa West	4.2 mi	$1,162 (±$64)	Not measurably different
Rockledge	4.5 mi	$1,820 (±$87)	Higher
Merritt Island	5.3 mi	$1,441 (±$77)	Higher
Sharpes	5.5 mi	$856 (±$89)	Lower
North Merritt Island	5.6 mi	$1,274 (±$246)	Not measurably different
Cocoa Beach	6.0 mi	$1,569 (±$240)	Higher
Cape Canaveral	6.3 mi	$1,318 (±$150)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Sharpes, FL ($856).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Rockledge, FL ($1,820), Merritt Island, FL ($1,441), Cocoa Beach, FL ($1,569).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Brevard County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
18	Titusville	$1,334 (±$68)
19	Cape Canaveral	$1,318 (±$150)
20	Melbourne Beach	$1,307 (±$538)
21 (tie)	Cocoa	$1,274 (±$123)
21 (tie)	North Merritt Island	$1,274 (±$246)
23	Mims	$1,250 (±$470)
24	Tropical Park	$1,179 (±$160)
25	Cocoa West	$1,162 (±$64)
26	Sharpes	$856 (±$89)

Showing 9 of 26 places in Brevard County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Tropical Park is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Tropical Park

What is the average rent in Tropical Park, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Tropical Park is $1,179 (±$160) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Tropical Park cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Tropical Park have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 10.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Tropical Park higher than in Brevard County?

In Tropical Park, median gross rent is lower than in Brevard County ($1,556).

It is also lower than in Florida ($1,669).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Tropical Park CDP, Florida (place:72521, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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