Editing Cocoa Beach, Florida (section)

==Economy==

===Tourism===
[[File:SurfingoffCocoaBeach FLA USA.JPG|thumb|right|Surfing manufacture and tourism add to Cocoa Beach's economy.]]
[[File:Ron Jon Surf Shop (Cocoa Beach, Florida) 001 crop.jpg|thumb|right|Ron Jon Surf Shop]]

[[Ron Jon Surf Shop|Ron Jon's]], a surf shop, receives 2 million visitors a year (as of 2006).<ref>[http://www.travelwritersmagazine.com/TravelFeaturesSyndicate/port-canaveral-florida-radisson-resort.html Travel Writer'S Magazine - Space Coast Is Great Place For Families To Commune With Nature] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103073034/http://www.travelwritersmagazine.com/TravelFeaturesSyndicate/port-canaveral-florida-radisson-resort.html |date=November 3, 2006}}</ref> [https://legendarycocoabeach.com/cocoa-beach-florida/ Cocoa Beach] is home to the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame.

The Cocoa Beach Pier, formerly known as the Cape Canaveral Pier, was built in 1962. An annual Easter Surfing Festival began in 1964. An estimated 100,000 spectators attend annually.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Moody, R. Norman |author2=Best, Keilani |title=Surf's up for economy |publisher=Florida Today |date=March 22, 2008}}</ref>

An air show in 2009 drew a crowd estimated at 30,000.<ref>[http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091004/NEWS01/910040317&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL] retrieved October 4, 2009   {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430071303/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091004/NEWS01/910040317%26referrer%3DFRONTPAGECAROUSEL|date=April 30, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Ron Jon]] Easter Surfing Festival drew 50,000 visitors in 2009,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Keyonna |last=Summers |title=Sign in the sand |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/print/article/20100403/NEWS01/4030323/Sculpting-surfing-seen-as-plus-for-tourism|publisher=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida |pages=1A |date=April 3, 2010}}</ref> while around 10,000 visitors attend the [[Surfing Santas]] festival each year at Christmas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Florida Today|url=https://floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2021/12/10/surfing-santas-space-coast-tradition-cocoa-beach-family-event-holiday/8837777002/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=www.floridatoday.com}}</ref>

The largest charity surfing festival, [[National Kidney Foundation]] Pro-Am Surfing Festival, has been held every [[Labor Day]] Weekend in Cocoa Beach since 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/entertainment/2015/09/02/2015-nkf-surf-festival-celebrates-30-years-making-waves/71318828/|date=September 2, 2015|work=[[Florida Today]]|title=NKF surf fest: 30 years of making waves|first=Michelle|last=Mulak|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nkfsurf.com/history/|title=History|work=NKF Surf Festival|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, businesses in the city collected $5.6 million in tourist tax, over half the tourist tax collected in the county and more than any other municipality, $1.4 million.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Dave |last=Berman |title=Brevard, Airbnb make tax deal |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/2016/03/07/81457908/|newspaper=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida|pages= 1A |date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref><!----soft copy does not display more than headline but appears to be appropriate article--><!--2016 confirmed the same percentage-->

===Workforce===
In 2007, Cocoa Beach's median labor force was 6,344. Of that group, 6,006 were employed and 338 were unemployed, for an unemployment rate of 5.3%.<ref name="edc">[http://spacecoastedc.org/portals/0/municipalities/cocoa%20beach/cocoa%20beach%20community%20data.pdf Cocoa Beach Community Data Sheet]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Economic Development Council of Florida's Space Coast. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.</ref>

The [[median home price]] in 2007 was $409,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-09-28|archive-date=2011-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721034521/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Health ===
The disability rate for the people under age of 65 is 7.6%.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cocoabeachcityflorida/RHI825217#qf-flag-X|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cocoa Beach city, Florida|website=Census Bureau QuickFacts|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-28}}</ref> The number of people who do not have insurance policies on the Cocoa beach is 20.8%.

=== Language ===
As of 2018, the primary language spoken in Cocoa Beach is English, with 9.8% of the population speaking languages other than English at home.<ref name=":5" />

=== Travel time to work ===
As of 2018, mean travel time to the work is 25.4 minutes from home to work.<ref name=":5" />