MLS data updated Jul 17, 2026
Merritt Island
Island Living Between the Lagoon and the River
Merritt Island, FL
A barrier-island community on the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County, offering waterfront homes, nature preserves, and easy Space Coast access.
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Ryan's Take on Merritt Island
Merritt Island is the only place in Florida where the house next door to yours might have a dock on the Indian River and a direct sightline to a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the pad. The southern half of the island is residential; the northern half is Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which means the boundary between suburb and protected wilderness runs right through the ZIP code. That's not a marketing line — the refuge and Canaveral National Seashore create a permanent northern buffer that can never be developed, and residents at Sykes Creek waterfront homes genuinely watch spacecraft rise from their back decks. Engineers, project managers, and contractors at NASA, Boeing, SpaceX, and Blue Origin have been choosing Merritt Island for decades precisely because the KSC main gate is fifteen to twenty-five minutes south on SR-3.
The waterfront here breaks into four price tiers with genuinely different boating personalities. Sykes Creek running through the interior of the island is the best value-per-linear-foot dockage on the Space Coast — protected, deep enough for serious boats, and insulated from open-water surge. The Banana River east side trades at a premium for direct Port Canaveral access and open-water boating range north toward the Cape. Newfound Harbor at the southern tip is the trophy address — limited inventory, estate-caliber lots, and historically the strongest value retention on the island. Buyers cross-shopping Merritt Island against Cocoa Beach are really choosing between residential aerospace-community character and beach-town surf culture; the schools at Merritt Island High and the dual-income aerospace household profile tell you most of what you need to know about which fits.
— Ryan Solberg, Broker/Owner, MaxLife Realty
Under Contract
20 homes pending in Merritt Island · Avg. $722K






Recent Sales Map
43 recent individual sales in and around Merritt Island · FL public records · no addresses published
Approximate sale locations — dots are offset ±1 home for privacy
| Beds | Baths | Sq Ft | Listed | Sold ▼ | List Price | Sold Price | $/Sq Ft | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 4,503 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $1,360,500 | $302 | — |
| — | — | 3,317 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $1,278,000 | $385 | — |
| — | — | 4,812 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $1,199,000 | $249 | — |
| — | — | 4,699 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $1,100,000 | $234 | — |
| — | — | 3,787 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $1,065,000 | $281 | — |
| — | — | 5,118 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $900,000 | $176 | — |
| — | — | 3,807 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $760,000 | $200 | — |
| — | — | 3,157 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $705,000 | $223 | — |
| — | — | 2,156 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $700,000 | $325 | — |
| — | — | 3,188 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $689,000 | $216 | — |
| — | — | 2,548 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $675,000 | $265 | — |
| — | — | 1,712 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $660,000 | $386 | — |
| — | — | 3,986 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $629,000 | $158 | — |
| — | — | 3,064 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $615,000 | $201 | — |
| — | — | 3,728 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $605,000 | $162 | — |
| — | — | 3,670 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $600,000 | $163 | — |
| — | — | 2,856 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $583,000 | $204 | — |
| — | — | 2,969 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $545,000 | $184 | — |
| — | — | 1,884 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $540,000 | $287 | — |
| — | — | 3,192 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $527,000 | $165 | — |
| — | — | 3,270 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $520,000 | $159 | — |
| — | — | 2,992 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $500,000 | $167 | — |
| — | — | 2,112 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $490,000 | $232 | — |
| — | — | 2,201 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $460,000 | $209 | — |
| — | — | 3,596 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $450,000 | $125 | — |
| — | — | 2,264 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $442,500 | $195 | — |
| — | — | 2,592 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $439,000 | $169 | — |
| — | — | 3,656 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $414,900 | $113 | — |
| — | — | 2,288 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $395,000 | $173 | — |
| — | — | 1,957 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $354,000 | $181 | — |
| — | — | 2,222 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $341,000 | $153 | — |
| — | — | 1,646 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $340,000 | $207 | — |
| — | — | 2,221 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $330,000 | $149 | — |
| — | — | 2,109 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $330,000 | $156 | — |
| — | — | 1,805 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $320,000 | $177 | — |
| — | — | 1,850 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $315,000 | $170 | — |
| — | — | 1,619 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $310,000 | $191 | — |
| — | — | 1,642 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $310,000 | $189 | — |
| — | — | 2,372 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $300,000 | $126 | — |
| — | — | 1,267 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $267,500 | $211 | — |
| — | — | 2,354 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $265,000 | $113 | — |
| — | — | 1,728 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $228,000 | $132 | — |
| — | — | 1,796 | — | 8/1/25 | — | $205,000 | $114 | — |
Currently For Sale
50 active listings in Merritt Island

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| Beds | Baths | Sq Ft | List Price | $/Sq Ft | DOM | Pool | Waterfront | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 956 | $210,000 | $220 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | 4 | 3,783 | $1,025,000 | $271 | 15 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 2,609 | $1,890,000 | $724 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | Indian River |
| — | 0 | — | $1,299,000 | — | 303 | — | ✓ | Banana River |
| 3 | 3 | 3,005 | $675,000 | $225 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 4 | 3,336 | $2,250,000 | $674 | 24 | ✓ | ✓ | Banana River |
| 4 | 2 | 1,908 | $499,900 | $262 | 29 | ✓ | — | — |
| 4 | 3 | 2,110 | $529,900 | $251 | 47 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 2 | 1,744 | $284,900 | $163 | 159 | — | — | — |
| 5 | 8 | 6,476 | $3,790,000 | $585 | 217 | ✓ | ✓ | Indian River |
| — | 0 | — | $1,195,000 | — | 228 | — | ✓ | Indian River |
| 4 | 2 | 2,037 | $560,000 | $275 | 65 | — | ✓ | Canal Navigational To Banana River |
| 3 | 2 | 1,170 | $329,000 | $281 | 39 | ✓ | — | — |
| 4 | 2 | 2,002 | $619,900 | $310 | 186 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 3 | 2,187 | $1,250,000 | $572 | 246 | ✓ | ✓ | Sykes Creek |
| 3 | 3 | 2,776 | $1,299,982 | $468 | 75 | ✓ | ✓ | Banana River |
| 5 | 4 | 4,040 | $2,259,000 | $559 | 183 | — | ✓ | Banana River |
| 3 | 2 | 1,325 | $298,500 | $225 | 65 | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 1,757 | $464,900 | $265 | 27 | ✓ | — | — |
| 2 | 2 | 956 | $210,000 | $220 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 5 | 6 | 5,135 | $2,100,000 | $409 | 8 | ✓ | ✓ | Banana River |
| — | 0 | — | $1,500,000 | — | 4 | — | ✓ | Indian River |
| 3 | 2 | 1,400 | $374,900 | $268 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 3 | 2,939 | $874,000 | $297 | 65 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 1,486 | $645,000 | $434 | 48 | ✓ | ✓ | Canal Navigational To Banana River |
| 5 | 6 | 4,906 | $4,950,000 | $1,009 | 459 | ✓ | ✓ | Banana River |
| 4 | 3 | 2,997 | $1,150,000 | $384 | 186 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 1,768 | $515,000 | $291 | 47 | — | ✓ | Banana River |
| 4 | 3 | 2,328 | $625,000 | $268 | 109 | ✓ | — | — |
| 2 | 3 | 1,952 | $509,000 | $261 | 24 | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| 2 | 2 | 1,269 | $260,000 | $205 | 43 | — | ✓ | Newfound Harbor |
| 3 | 3 | 2,699 | $2,300,000 | $852 | 17 | ✓ | ✓ | Indian River |
| 8 | 6 | 3,326 | $959,999 | $289 | 22 | ✓ | ✓ | Sykes Creek |
| 4 | 2 | 1,400 | $262,500 | $188 | 115 | — | — | — |
| 2 | 2 | 1,334 | $795,000 | $596 | 72 | ✓ | ✓ | Sykes Creek |
| 5 | 3 | 3,658 | $740,000 | $202 | 16 | ✓ | — | — |
| 4 | 2 | 2,130 | $659,900 | $310 | 52 | ✓ | — | — |
| 4 | 3 | 3,006 | $1,890,000 | $629 | 169 | ✓ | ✓ | Banana River |
| 3 | 3 | 1,800 | $675,000 | $375 | 30 | — | ✓ | Canal Navigational To Banana River |
| 3 | 2 | 1,878 | $660,000 | $351 | 64 | — | ✓ | Banana River |
| 6 | 3 | 2,536 | $699,999 | $276 | 136 | ✓ | ✓ | Honeymoon Lake |
| 3 | 2 | 1,456 | $349,900 | $240 | 66 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 3 | 2,355 | $585,000 | $248 | 124 | ✓ | — | — |
| 4 | 2 | 2,491 | $629,999 | $253 | 45 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 2,552 | $589,900 | $231 | 40 | ✓ | — | — |
| 5 | 3 | 3,299 | $688,000 | $209 | 47 | ✓ | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 1,219 | $374,500 | $307 | 9 | — | ✓ | Canal Non-Navigation |
| 3 | 3 | 1,743 | $490,000 | $281 | 94 | — | ✓ | Banana River |
| 4 | 5 | 3,988 | $2,500,000 | $627 | 492 | ✓ | ✓ | Indian River |
| 5 | 6 | 5,286 | $4,999,000 | $946 | 190 | ✓ | ✓ | Indian River |
Merritt Island Market — Common Questions
Is Merritt Island a buyer's or seller's market in 2026?+
Recent public-record sales volume in Merritt Island is currently too low to call the market definitively. There are 109 active listings right now. Contact Ryan Solberg at MaxLife Realty for a current read.
How many homes are for sale in Merritt Island?+
There are currently 109 active listings in Merritt Island.
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Report generated July 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM ET· Powered by Stellar MLS
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