A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cocoa Beach$2,640/mo

Typical home $454K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,569/mo · Housing →

Lighthouse Point$4,610/mo

Typical home $774K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $1,880/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,970 a month, about $23,600 a year, between Lighthouse Point and Cocoa Beach.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Lighthouse Point places higher on 10 of 19 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Cocoa BeachNot graded BLighthouse PointSafer than 56% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Cocoa BeachBetter than 67% of districts in the state C+Lighthouse PointBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

A−Cocoa BeachHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns ALighthouse PointHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

7Cocoa Beach

10Lighthouse Point

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 635 towns #579#83 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #52#415 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #66#368 Lowest obesityHealth · 633 towns #244#30 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 635 towns #393#227 Cheapest rentCost of living · 626 towns #289#447 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #227#385 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #468#589

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cocoa Beach’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Cocoa BeachLighthouse Point

Snow a year0″0″

January low51°F 60°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)359d 365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 79th

Outdoors & history

Cocoa BeachLighthouse Point

Trails10 mi 0 mi

Conserved land17.7%1.3%

Settled1925 1947

National Register places—1

Community

Cocoa BeachLighthouse Point

Library hours a week56 hrs 40 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

146 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cocoa BeachFL Lighthouse PointFL

Cocoa Beach ↔ Lighthouse Point146 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

Cocoa BeachLighthouse Point

People

Population 11,377Highest 10,600Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.1%Lowest FL: +14.6% +1.4%Highest FL: +14.6%

Median age 59.2±2.2Highest 39% above FL 56.3±2.3Lowest 32% above FL

Cocoa Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 9.2%±1.9Lowest FL: 19.5% 13.6%±2.7Highest FL: 19.5%

Lighthouse Point and Cocoa Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 36.3%±3.7Highest FL: 21.3% 29.3%±4.4Lowest FL: 21.3%

Cocoa Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.7%Lowest FL: 34.1% 51.8%Highest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±2.2Highest FL: 6.1% 3.8%±1.6Lowest FL: 6.1%

Cocoa Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,990±$10kLowest 18% above FL $92,135±$10kHighest 24% above FL

Lighthouse Point and Cocoa Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $503,200±$41kLowest 40% above FL $688,400±$63kHighest 92% above FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,569±$240Lowest 6% below FL $1,880±$230Highest 13% above FL

Lighthouse Point and Cocoa Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,481Lowest 28% above FL $5,844Highest 114% above FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.2%±7.7Lowest FL: 60.1% 58%±17.6Highest FL: 60.1%

Lighthouse Point and Cocoa Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.6%Highest FL: 12.6% 6.8%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.8%Highest FL: 67.6% 77.3%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 13 yrs older than FL 1967Lowest 21 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 9% below FL 29 minHighest about the FL average

Work from home 24.8%±5.3Highest FL: 15.7% 11.7%±3.3Lowest FL: 15.7%

Work in townworking residents 17.9%Highest 6.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.66Highest 0.62Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Melbourne (6%)Pompano Beach (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lighthouse PointFew work in Cocoa Beach

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 17.7%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.7Lowest 140Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #40 of 488 in FL—

School district BREVARD—

High school in town Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 19.8 —

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cocoa Beach vs Lighthouse Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,970 more a month in Lighthouse Point

Lighthouse Point places higher on 10 of 19 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

146 miles apart

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