Brevard County Has shrunk in Residential Property Ownership by 1.1%, As the 2010 Census Reports

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Brevard County, FL

The 2010 Census reports Brevard County, Florida decreased in number of dwellings by 47,792, or 22%, (since the 2000), while the State of Florida increased in total housing units by 1,686,633, or 19%.

Put side by side with the United States, Brevard County has a very high amount of unoccupied real estate units. 40,172, or 14.9%, are currently vacant in Brevard County, Florida. Broken down, of the 40,172 unoccupied units, 16.4% are the market to be sold, while 25.7% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Brevard County have decreased by 1.1%. Reported in the 2010 Census, there were 168,841 (73.5%) housing units occupied by owners, while 60,851 (26.5%) residential units were being rented. Brevard County has a smaller portion properties rented than the State of Florida, which had 32.6% of residential properties rented.

When compared to all counties across the US, Brevard County has a high level of residential housing units that are owned by minorities. 14.1% are owned by minorities in Brevard County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black reported being renters the highest percent in Brevard County. 45.1% the Black Census group reportedly occupied a rental.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Brevard County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 15,490 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Brevard County, FL

In Brevard County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 15,490 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 215 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 94 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 120 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the offices of physicians industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,243 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in offices of physicians makes up 8.2% percent of the total growth in Brevard County, Florida for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Offices of physicians (+1243)
2. Fullservice restaurants (+1015)
3. Business support services (+795)
4. Home health care services (+661)
5. Other general merchandise stores (+637)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the facilities support services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 2,440 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in facilities support services make up 8.2% percent of the total employment decline in Brevard County, Florida between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Facilities support services (-2,440)
2. Residential building construction (-2,392)
3. Employment services (-2,211)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-2,045)
5. Commercial and service industry machinery (-1,323)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).