The quiet community of Micco, located just inside the south border of Brevard County, is ideally placed for boating and fishing enthusiasts. Three marinas serve the 10,637 residents and many visitors are drawn to Sebastian Inlet's waters with its abundant snook, drum, sheepshead, tarpon, bluefish and tarpon. Micco's shores are also dotted with piers, seafood outlets, and marine repair services.

Barefoot Bay modular home development founded in 1970, occupies 1,100 acres. Micco Park provides amenities for the whole family, with picnic area, pavilion, playground, basketball and volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits.

DEMOGRAPHICS
For the most part, the town of Micco is comprised of retirees. Nearly a third of the population lives in single-person households.

Residents typically own single-family or mobile homes in neighborhoods that include seasonal housing for snowbirds.

According to statistical surveys, the people of Micco keep busy playing golf, traveling overseas and domestically, fishing, boating, doing needlework and playing cards.

Population in July 2007: 10,637.

Males: 4,962 (46.7%)
Females: 5,675 (53.3%)
Median resident age: 68.6 years
Florida median age: 38.7 years

Estimated median household income in 2008: $34,099 (it was $27,673 in 2000)

Micco: $34,099
Florida: $47,778

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $25,602

Micco CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $120,634 (it was $54,500 in 2000)
Micco: $120,634
Florida: $218,700

Mean prices in 2008:
All housing units: $142,305
Detached houses: $270,622
Townhouses or other attached units: $200,823
In 2-unit structures: $388,583
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $151,528
Mobile homes: $51,125

Houses: 6,403 (5,223 occupied: 4,821 owner occupied, 402 renter occupied)

% of renters in Micco: 8%
State: 30%

Housing density: 681 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008 in this state: $303,747.

Median contract rent in 2008: $774 (lower quartile is $620, upper quartile is $1,038)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2008: $822

Median gross rent in Micco, FL in 2008: $953

Housing units in Micco with a mortgage: 435 (50 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 485

HIGH SCHOOLS - PUBLIC
Bayside High School
1901 DeGroodt Road, Palm Bay
(321) 956-5000
Grades: 9-12

MIDDLE SCHOOLS - PUBLIC
Southwest Middle School
451 Eldron Blvd, Palm Bay
(321) 952-5800
Grades: 7-8

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS - PUBLIC
Westside Elementary
2175 Degroodt Road, S.W., Palm Bay
(321) 956-5050
Grades: K-6