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Vero Beach, FL
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Living in Vero Beach



Vero Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 17,317 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Vero Beach is the 164th largest community in Florida.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Vero Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.97 minutes getting to work every day.

The citizens of Vero Beach are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.65% of adults in Vero Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Vero Beach in 2022 was $56,229, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,916 for a family of four. However, Vero Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vero Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vero Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vero Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Vero Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vero Beach include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Vero Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.