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A town of 2,840, settled in 1890. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Sharpes gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $296K, 3.8 years of the Palm Bay metro’s $78K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 292nd among Florida's 634 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Sharpes’ average commute is 37 minutes, above both Florida’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). City Point Community Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sharpes is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns.
Where Sharpes beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fairglen Elementary School | PK–6 | 464 |
Where Sharpes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Sharpes is from typical.
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Census counts: 3,348 in 1990, 3,115 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1949 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sharpes. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Ancient siteWindover Archaeological Site
7 mi MuseumKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaKia Center
29 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Bounce House
7 mi LandmarkSpace Mirror MemorialWindover Archaeological Site: ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: Bill White, Public domain · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Kia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Bounce House: DampFrijoles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Space Mirror Memorial: Seth Buckley, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sharpes is unincorporated, so Brevard County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Sharpes.
Sharpes has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has commutes longer than most of Florida.
In Sharpes, 16% of adults have diabetes. CDC measures, 31 in all: Sharpes beats Florida on 2 and trails on 15. Among adults locally, 18% smoke cigarettes and 42% have high blood pressure.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sharpes | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.9% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Brevard school district. Enrollment at Sharpes’s public school: 464 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairglen Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 464 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Sharpes after 7 declared disasters, most recently in 2022. Expected losses in Sharpes break down as 74% from hurricanes and 16% from inland flooding. Since 2017, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,435 working residents takes 37.1 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Most people who work leave Sharpes to do it: just 2% work in town. 22% of residents live below the poverty line here. The top destinations are Cocoa (7%), Melbourne (6%) and Rockledge (6%). Jobs based in Sharpes grew to 601 in 2023, 51 more than in 2013.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
2.1 miles of trail. Sharpes’ trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of residents in Sharpes who are under 18: 16%. Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (21% statewide). The median age locally is 51.4 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.4 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 31% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 45 to 54, 75% are men (FL 50%).
| Sharpes | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.9% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.6% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.9% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
January nights average 52.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90°.
For Sharpes, the January low is 53°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 53°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sharpes: 74% of households live in a home they own.
| Sharpes | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $856 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Sharpes; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Sharpes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Sharpes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 3,115 at the 2020 United States census, down from 3,411 at the 2010 United States census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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3 towns share a border with Sharpes.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpes | #292 | C+ | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Cocoa | #466 | C− | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| North Merritt Island | #249 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Port St. John | #319 | C | C+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Sharpes, North Merritt Island and Port St. John report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sharpes with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Sharpes grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #292 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $296,000, 21% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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