In 2016, the population of Cape Canaveral City, Florida was 26,050, with 11,3% of residents under the age of eighteen and 6.4% under the age of fourteen. Thirty-seven percent of households were family units, with the remaining twenty-four percent made up of individuals. Forty-seven percent of the households were non-families, and thirteen percent of them were senior citizens. In 2016, the city had a male to female ratio of 109.1 to one hundred and eighty-six to one.
In 2007, the median property value in Cape Canaveral, FL was $244,900, which was approximately one-tenth of the national average of $240,500. Forty-nine percent of residents were unemployed, and six percent of those were below the poverty line. Forty-nine percent of residents reportedly own their homes, though the percentage is much lower than the national average. Eighty-nine percent of residents reportedly drive alone to work. In 2007, Cape Canaveral had a total population of 84,257.
The first settlers arrived in the area around the 1840s, settling on a small promontory. Most of them were English or Scottish and lived in just a few households. Despite the challenges that the area presented, these settlers maintained their independence and self-sufficiency. Those settlers faced brutal heat, plagues of mosquitoes, and isolation from the mainland.