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Melbourne Beach, Florida · your tax bill

Your tax bill, explained

A home inside the Town of Melbourne Beach (tax district 34X0). Enter your own assessed value to see where every dollar of your property tax goes — and how it compares with each government’s “no-raise” rate. Updated 2026-10-06.

$3,888 a year — about $324 a month

On an assessed value of $300,000, as a homestead. An estimate from published rates — your own tax notice is the final word.

Of every $100 you pay

Brevard Public Schools$44.57 · $1,733 a year

Town of Melbourne Beach$29.41 · $1,144 a year

Brevard County — general fund$18.30 · $712 a year

Brevard County library district$2.07 · $81 a year

South Brevard recreation district$2.01 · $78 a year

St. Johns River Water Management District$1.15 · $45 a year

Sebastian Inlet District$0.99 · $39 a year

Brevard mosquito control$0.86 · $33 a year

Environmentally endangered lands (voted 2024)$0.29 · $11 a year

Florida Inland Navigation District$0.17 · $7 a year

Environmentally endangered lands — voted debt$0.17 · $7 a year

Where it ends up — every government’s share, by what it pays for

Classrooms and teaching$24.98 · $971

Running the governments$15.41 · $599

Police and sheriff$13.73 · $534

School buildings$12.13 · $471

Roads, streets and parks$7.57 · $294

Fire, EMS and emergencies$6.32 · $246

Everything else$4.28 · $166

The jail$3.23 · $125

Paying down debt$3.09 · $120

Water and waterways$2.84 · $110

Libraries$2.07 · $81

Savings set aside$1.42 · $55

Interest$1.07 · $42

Mosquito control$0.86 · $33

Courts$0.70 · $27

Conservation land$0.29 · $11

Each government’s share is spread the way its own budget spends money. Open a government below to see its lines and sources.

The “no-raise” rate — the rolled-back rate

The rolled-back rate is the “no-raise” rate: the rate that would bring each government the same property tax as last year from the same properties (new construction aside). Because values rise, keeping the same rate usually raises more money. Florida’s Truth in Millage law makes each government publish it, and if the adopted rate is higher, its ad must call it a tax increase.

At these rates you pay $92.87 more a year than you would at every government’s no-raise rate.

Town of Melbourne Beach 4.60 mills vs. no-raise 4.40 mills	+$50.04
Brevard Public Schools 6.30 mills vs. no-raise 6.22 mills	+$22.52
Brevard County — general fund 2.86 mills vs. no-raise 2.81 mills	+$12.33
South Brevard recreation district 0.3144 mills vs. no-raise 0.2934 mills	+$5.22
Brevard County library district 0.3240 mills vs. no-raise 0.3168 mills	+$1.79
Brevard mosquito control 0.1339 mills vs. no-raise 0.1309 mills	+$0.75
Environmentally endangered lands (voted 2024) 0.0457 mills vs. no-raise 0.0448 mills	+$0.22

Rates are set every September. Melbourne Beach’s two hearings in 2026 were September 3 and 16; Brevard County’s September 8 and 22; the School Board’s August 11 and September 10. Districts without a published no-raise rate here aren’t in the comparison. Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

Town of Melbourne Beach — $1,144 a year

4.60 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · adopted September 16, 2026 · Town of Melbourne Beach FY2027 Final Budget, PDF p. 23 · its budget →

Spread the way the town’s General Fund is budgeted to spend in FY2027, plus its transfers for the town-hall bond and stormwater (FY2027 budget, PDF p. 24).

Police$391

Volunteer fire department$182

Town hall — buildings, insurance, streetlights$134

Public works — streets, parks, trees$106

Town manager$83

Town commission and clerk$65

Finance office and audit$64

Town attorney$37

Town hall bond — principal$23

Code enforcement$21

Stormwater and other transfers$21

Town planner$13

Town hall bond — interest$3

Town hall bond — fees$1

Brevard County — general fund — $712 a year

2.86 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21 · its budget →

Spread the way the county’s general fund is budgeted to spend in FY2026-27 ($373,953,300, county budget book p. 6; the Sheriff’s programs pp. 394–409).

Sheriff — patrol$131

The county jail$125

Roads and infrastructure$110

Money moved to other county departments and funds$68

Other elected officers (tax collector, property appraiser, elections, clerk)$65

Public safety (EMS, emergency management and more)$64

Savings set aside (operating reserves)$55

State-required payments (“mandates”)$26

Court security (Sheriff)$20

Payments to redevelopment districts (TIF)$14

9-1-1 dispatch (Sheriff)$12

Animal services (Sheriff)$11

Court operations$7

Debt payments (principal and interest)$4

Brevard County library district — $81 a year

0.3240 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21

Public libraries$81

Brevard mosquito control — $33 a year

0.1339 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21

Mosquito control$33

South Brevard recreation district — $78 a year

0.3144 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21

Parks and recreation in south Brevard$78

Environmentally endangered lands (voted 2024) — $11 a year

0.0457 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21

Buying and caring for conservation land$11

Environmentally endangered lands — voted debt — $7 a year

0.0262 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · proposed July 2026; the Board set final rates September 22, 2026 (Resolution 26-090) · Brevard County Operating and Capital Budget, Proposed FY2026-27 (budget book), p. 21

Repaying voter-approved conservation land bonds$7

Brevard Public Schools — $1,733 a year

6.30 mills on $275,000 of taxable value · proposed July 28, 2026; the Board’s final hearing was September 10, 2026 · Brevard Public Schools FY 2027 Proposed Budget (sent to the Board and Cabinet, July 28, 2026), p. 14 · its budget →

Of the 6.302 mills, 3.054 are set by the state Legislature, 0.748 by the School Board, 1.0 by voters (renewal on the November 3 ballot), and 1.5 for buildings.

Running the schools (4.802 mills) — Spread the way the district’s General Fund is budgeted to spend ($775,481,666, district book p. 21).

Classroom instruction$837

Buildings — utilities, custodians, repairs$183

Teaching support — curriculum, training, technology, media$85

Principals’ offices$78

Counselors, nurses, psychologists$49

District administration — board, finance, HR, technology$40

Buses$31

Before- and after-school care, meals and other services$17

Buildings and their debt (1.5 mills) — Spread the way the district budgets its 1.5-mill capital tax ($119,338,075, district book pp. 27–29).

Moved to the general fund for upkeep and insurance$178

Building and equipment projects$110

Paying down building debt (principal and fees)$86

Interest on building debt$39

Florida Inland Navigation District — $7 a year

0.0270 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · 2025 rate; the 2026 rate isn’t gathered yet · Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

Intracoastal Waterway upkeep and grants$7

Sebastian Inlet District — $39 a year

0.1555 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · 2025 rate; the 2026 rate isn’t gathered yet · Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

Keeping Sebastian Inlet open$39

St. Johns River Water Management District — $45 a year

0.1793 mills on $248,589 of taxable value · 2025 rate; the 2026 rate isn’t gathered yet · Brevard County 2025 Millage Rates (Tax Collector’s table, posted by the Property Appraiser), code 34X0

Regional water supply and protection$45

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Fees and assessments on the same bill — stormwater, trash, street lights and others — aren’t property taxes and aren’t included.
Florida’s 2026 homestead exemption: $25,000 off school taxes and $51,411 off all others, for homes assessed at about $76,000 or more (Brevard County Property Appraiser). Senior, veteran, widow and disability exemptions aren’t modeled.
Some rates are the July proposals; the final rates were set in September. Each line says which.
Spreading a government’s tax across its whole budget is a fair picture, not a receipt: most budgets also run on other money (sales tax, state aid, fees).

Related: Tax lab — change the rates · The money trail · What if we saved?. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t say what any rate should be. Spot an error? Report it.