† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRockledgeFloridaUnited States
Irish13.2%8.2%9.4%
German13.1%8.9%12.5%
English13.0%8.2%9.5%
American7.1%7.7%5.3%
Italian6.9%5.6%4.8%
Polish2.6%2.1%2.2%
French2.5%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.3%1.3%1.3%
African American†10.3%9.5%9.9%
Jamaican2.0%1.5%0.4%
Haitian1.1%2.3%0.3%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%0.2%—
West Indian0.3%——
Puerto Rican3.5%5.6%1.8%
Mexican1.5%3.3%11.3%
Cuban1.3%7.3%0.7%
Colombian0.6%2.1%0.4%
Dominican0.6%1.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%—0.5%
Venezuelan0.2%1.6%—
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian0.4%0.9%1.4%
Filipino0.4%0.5%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rockledge
Florida
United States
Median age
49
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rockledge
Florida
United States
Median household income
$84,255
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rockledge
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
22.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rockledge
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rockledge, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−9.1%
2008
−3.5%
2012
−6.4%
2016
−9.4%
2020
−7.0%
2024
−10.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.1%Harris7,634
54.5%Trump9,432
1.4%
R+10.4
R+3.3
R+8.9
17,316
R
45.7%Biden7,973
52.7%Trump9,200
1.5%
R+7.0
D+2.3
R+11.5
17,443
R
42.5%Clinton6,519
51.9%Trump7,958
5.6%
R+9.4
R+3.0
R+11.5
15,343
R
46.2%Obama7,141
52.6%Romney8,127
1.1%
R+6.4
R+2.8
R+10.2
15,445
R
47.7%Obama6,701
51.3%McCain7,199
1.0%
R+3.5
D+5.5
R+10.8
14,039
R
45.0%Kerry5,804
54.1%Bush6,971
0.9%
R+9.1
—
R+6.6
12,889
Rockledge sits at the southern edge of Brevard County, a historically Republican stronghold shaped by aerospace and defense employment. Its steady population growth reflects broader in-migration pressures testing the county's long-reliable partisan margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 10.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.4 points.
A population of 29,133, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,255 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of The Villages and Prescott.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Rockledge, Florida voted Republican by 10.4 points (R+10.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,316 votes cast, 7,634 went Democratic and 9,432 went Republican.
How many people live in Rockledge, Florida?
Rockledge, Florida has a population of 29,133 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockledge, Florida?
Median household income in Rockledge, Florida is $84,255 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Rockledge, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rockledge, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
