THE COCOA BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Cocoa Beach city has 4.66 square miles of land in Brevard County. Its Census boundary intersects Eastern Florida Flatwoods, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Eastern Florida Flatwoods representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Cocoa Beach and Brevard County
Cocoa Beach is associated with Brevard County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cocoa Beach by land and water
The Census records 10.5 square miles of water within Cocoa Beach, or 69.3% of its total area. It is 34.5 percentage points higher than the 34.8% recorded for Brevard County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cocoa Beach city has 27.4% of the land area of nearby Merritt Island CDP (17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.