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Vero Beach, FL

16,785 Population
11.5 square miles 1,459.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 55 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,229 ±$6,941 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $46,273 ±$1,787
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$67,351 ±$7,165 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $71,049 ±$2,035
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

14.5% ±2.9% (2,383  ±471) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 11.4% 18,567 (±1% / ±1,656)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

16.9 minutes ±1.5 (120,680  ±15,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 23.7 1,347,760 (±0.9 / ±66,170)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

7,368 ±477 Number of households
  • the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 68,696 ±923
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.2 ±0.2 (16,517  ±87) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 2.4 162,146 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

1.9% ±2% (56  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 3.7% † 997 (±1.3% / ±342)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

10,173 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 85,093 ±56
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$392,500 ±$76,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $314,700 ±$8,549
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

15.1% ±3% (2,529  ±504.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 11.9% 19,342 (±1.1% / ±1,782.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

91.4% ±6.3% (11,915  ±948) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 92% 118,172 (±2.2% / ±2,866.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
38.7% ±3.7% (5,036  ±521) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 33.4% 42,950 (±1.3% / ±1,673)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.4% ±2.3% (1,580  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 16,169
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

7.8% ±1.7% (1,094  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 10.2% 14,078 (±0.6% / ±797)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
1,094 Total veterans ±247 954 Male ±233 140 Female ±88

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