With 17,042 people, Vero Beach is a city in Florida. The median age is 52.5, about 14 years above the US median. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. Density works out to 1,482 people per square mile. The poverty rate is 16.1%, above the 12.5% national rate. About 39% of adults have finished a four-year degree.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,758, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 52.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 77%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Vero Beach
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.8% → 16.1%(+6.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share3.3% → 9.2%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Vero Beach's population equals 10% of Indian River County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 15% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 14% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)13%(157)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.2%(147)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era40.5%(488)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(59)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.9%(35)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,205 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Vero Beach, decade by decade
Vero Beach population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
17,350
$64,507
$262,808
23.5%
16.6
2000
17,705
$70,001
$220,967
32.0%
26.2
2010
15,220
$60,073
$351,299
31.3%
40.3
2020
16,354
$61,858
$326,766
38.5%
46.9
2024
17,042
$69,758
$391,900
39.1%
57.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
