Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 632,7802024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,4762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, FLOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 141,166 | 216,502 | 361,351 | ||
| R | 148,549 | 207,883 | 360,764 | ||
| R | 119,679 | 181,848 | 314,752 | ||
| R | 122,993 | 159,300 | 285,559 | ||
| R | 127,620 | 157,589 | 287,859 | ||
| R | 110,309 | 153,068 | 265,462 | ||
| R | 97,341 | 115,253 | 218,488 | ||
| R | 80,445 | 88,022 | 195,133 | ||
| R | 61,091 | 84,585 | 195,860 | ||
| R | 43,004 | 104,854 | 149,159 | ||
| R | 36,985 | 102,477 | 139,511 | ||
| R | 39,007 | 69,460 | 115,636 | ||
| D | 46,421 | 44,470 | 92,364 | ||
| R | 16,854 | 62,773 | 79,733 | ||
| R | 18,281 | 37,124 | 77,314 | ||
| D | 24,833 | 24,551 | 49,384 | ||
| R | 11,069 | 17,585 | 28,654 | ||
| R | 3,928 | 10,004 | 13,932 | ||
| R | 4,157 | 6,756 | 10,913 | ||
| D | 2,348 | 2,315 | 5,564 | ||
| D | 2,651 | 1,769 | 4,420 | ||
| D | 2,995 | 1,984 | 4,979 | ||
| D | 2,300 | 1,147 | 3,447 | ||
| D | 1,852 | 956 | 2,808 | ||
| R | 1,063 | 1,830 | 2,946 | ||
| D | 872 | 515 | 1,505 | ||
| D | 894 | 659 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 599 | 174 | 918 | ||
| D | 357 | 61 | 590 | ||
| D | 294 | 225 | 579 | ||
| D | 553 | 125 | 711 | ||
| D | 513 | 121 | 698 | ||
| D | 505 | 337 | 902 | ||
| D | 449 | 0 | 506 | ||
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| D | 306 | 110 | 416 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
13.1%
German
13.0%
English
12.9%
American
7.0%
Italian
6.8%
Polish
2.6%
French
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,476
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$78,476
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.9%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Kennedy Space Center and a dense defense-contractor workforce, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro has trended competitive in recent cycles as in-migration from other Florida metros reshapes its traditionally Republican-leaning suburban precincts.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, by a twenty-six points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 73% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,476, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida voted Republican by 20.8 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 361,351 votes cast, 141,166 went Democratic and 216,502 went Republican.
What is Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida has a population of 632,780 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida is $78,476 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.