Cocoa is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Despite being a small city, Cocoa has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The percentage of people in Cocoa who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.36% of adults in Cocoa have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cocoa in 2022 was $38,586, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,344 for a family of four. However, Cocoa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cocoa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cocoa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cocoa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cocoa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cocoa include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Cocoa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
