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Vero Beach, FL

17,042 Population
11.5 square miles 1,482 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 55.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$58,674 ±$5,809 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $48,370 ±$1,562
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$69,758 ±$6,028 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $73,491 ±$1,900
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

16.1% ±3.3% (2,704  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 11.1% 18,276 (±1% / ±1,678)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

18.4 minutes ±1.7 (126,010  ±16,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 23.8 1,355,035 (±0.9 / ±67,083)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

7,484 ±534 Number of households
  • the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 70,816 ±1,026
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2.2 ±0.2 (16,737  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 2.3 165,234 (±0 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

3% ±1.8% (96  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,181 (±1.1% / ±287)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

10,375 ±611 Number of housing units
  • the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 86,440 ±107
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$391,900 ±$55,354 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: $351,500 ±$7,643
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

14% ±3% (2,381  ±511.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 11.6% † 19,217 (±1.2% / ±1,930.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

90.4% ±5.6% (12,350  ±893.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 92% 121,257 (±2.1% / ±2,749.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
39.1% ±3.7% (5,345  ±547.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 33.8% 44,585 (±1.2% / ±1,587.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

13% ±4% (2,223  ±679) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 10% 16,738
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

8.4% ±1.8% (1,205  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Metro Area: 9.6% 13,526 (±0.5% / ±727)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
1,205 Total veterans ±264 1,072 Male ±248 133 Female ±92

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