City safety & data profile

Vero BeachFL

Vero Beach, FL is a 16K-resident city in Indian River County with a median household income of $69,758.

Indian River County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vero Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vero Beach has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $391,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$69,758
Median income (place)
$391,900
Median home (place)
16.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Vero Beach

Vero Beach posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Vero Beach area.

Bottom 37%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Vero Beach

Where Vero Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$69,758 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Vero Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Vero Beach, FL beyond the headline numbers

Vero Beach sits inside Indian River County, Florida, at roughly 27.64°N, -80.40°W. Population 16,358, $69,758 median household income. Median home value $391,900, median rent $1,221. Poverty rate 16.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Vero Beach, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Vero Beach, FL stands at 16.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Vero Beach costs around 5.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

15.7% of Vero Beach workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.2% in Vero Beach, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 52.5 years, Vero Beach's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vero Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,358
Vero Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$69,758
-22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$391,900
-5% vs avg
Median Age (place)
52.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Indian River County): Vero Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
167K+20%
Median Income
$73,491+64%
Median Home Value
$351,500+123%
Poverty Rate
11.1%-26%
Unemployment
4.5%-69%

Economics

Economics indicators for Vero Beach, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,221/mo
Poverty Rate
16.1% +30% vs avg
Unemployment 3.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 39.1%
Work From Home 15.7%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 73.1%
African American 9.2%
Asian 2%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.5%
Short Sleep Duration
33.7%
Obesity
26.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.5%
Diabetes
13.6%
Binge Drinking
12.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.3%
Current Smoking
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.2%
Annual Checkup 81.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.2%
Stroke
4.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL
VERO BEACH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Vero Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Vero Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-VERO-BEACH · Vero Beach

Vero Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vero Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Vero Beach, FL?
Vero Beach, FL has a population of 16,358 people, located in Indian River County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Vero Beach?
The median household income in Vero Beach, FL is $69,758 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.1%.
What is the median home value in Vero Beach?
The median home value in Vero Beach, FL is $391,900. Median rent is $1,221/month.
What are the top health concerns in Vero Beach?
The top health indicators in Vero Beach include High Blood Pressure (38.5%), Short Sleep Duration (33.7%), Obesity (26.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Vero Beach?
Vero Beach has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Vero Beach?
The median age in Vero Beach, FL is 52.5 years. 39.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Vero Beach, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (16.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($69,758 here).

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Using Vero Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Indian River County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.