West Melbourne is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 29,144 people and seven associated neighborhoods, West Melbourne is the 123rd largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in West Melbourne was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local West Melbourne economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in West Melbourne, where the median household income is $90,521.00.

Also of interest is that West Melbourne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.88% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

West Melbourne is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of West Melbourne ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in West Melbourne, 40.43% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in West Melbourne in 2022 was $40,196, 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 $160,784 for a family of four. However, West Melbourne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

West Melbourne is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Melbourne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Melbourne residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. West Melbourne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Melbourne include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in West Melbourne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.