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Sharpes, Florida.

A community in Brevard County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Brevard County’s.

Living in Sharpes, Brevard County, Florida

Sharpes, in Brevard County, had 3,115 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $69,531 a year and half less, against $78,476 across Brevard County; 22% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Brevard County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 3,115 in the 2020 census
Household income $69,531 the median, give or take $13,263 · Brevard County: $78,476
Unemployment 4.8% Brevard County, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Sharpes for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,168households
  • 27%of adults have a degree
  • 22%below the poverty line
  • 18%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Building trades16%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Brevard County had 243,568 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 70° and 50°; warmest in August, 89° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 70° 50° F M A M J J A 89° 74° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 70° and 50°; warmest in August, 89° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 70° 50° F M A M J J A 89° 74° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 70° and lows near 50°; warmest in August, with highs near 89° and lows near 74°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Titusville East weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Brevard County

  1. Brevard SchoolsSchool district8,976FTE
  2. Northrop Grumman SystemsAircraft manufacturing4,999
  3. Blue Origin Rocket ParkGuided missile and space vehicle manufacturing2,640
  4. AstonSkilled nursing facilities2,262
  5. Holmes Regl Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,227FTE
  6. Space Exploration TechnologiesNonscheduled air freight transportation1,984
  7. John F. Kennedy Space CenterFederal government · National Aeronautics and Space Administration1,981
  8. Health First Medical GroupMedical doctors' offices1,846

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 434 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 68,703 people in all across the county; Sharpes has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sharpes’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Brevard County.