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West Melbourne was incorporated on September 11, 1959 - voters created the city specifically to stop the area from being annexed into the neighboring city of Melbourne.

West Melbourne's motto is 'Creating New Horizons', which the city received in 1987.

West Melbourne had a population of 25,924 at the 2020 census, up from 18,355 in 2010, and since 2000 it has experienced the highest population growth percentage of any municipality in Brevard County.

The city grew from just 2,266 residents in 1960 to more than 25,000 by 2020, and the Census Bureau estimated its population had risen further to about 31,285 by July 2025.

There were 10,334 households in West Melbourne at the 2020 census, and about 29.4% of them had children under the age of 18 living in them.

West Melbourne did not charge property taxes for the first time until 2005 - from its founding in 1959 until then, the city survived on a 'fees only' revenue system.

In January 2016, the Space Coast Field of Dreams, a park designed for special-needs athletes, opened to the public in the West Melbourne Community Park.

Schools located in West Melbourne include the West Melbourne Elementary School for Science, Meadowlane Primary and Intermediate Elementary, and Central Middle School.

Between 2005 and 2014, three home-schooled children from a single West Melbourne family won the Florida state spelling bee championship a total of seven times.

West Melbourne has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers, and most of its commercial activity lines U.S. Route 192, locally known as New Haven Avenue.