Census-designated place · Indian River County, Florida

Vero Lake Estates, Florida

Vero Lake Estates is a census-designated place in Indian River County, Florida, part of the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area. It has 6,559 residents. Vero Lake Estates, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 48 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,085 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #341 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), comfortable days (high) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), rent-burdened households (high) and rent as share of income (high).

48Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,085 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #341 of 780 in FL
Population: 6,559 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,943.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1274225

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety39#9,533/15,637
Economy83#2,700/15,631
Housing8#13,833/14,977
Health57#6,733/15,609
Healthcare54#7,148/15,650
Environment83#2,640/15,453
Education55#7,105/15,649
Infrastructure4#14,950/15,650
Community44#8,794/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,370/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Vero Lake Estates, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Indian River County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Florida 3.9%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Comfortable days · high36.0%
95/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationIndian River County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.4 mi
88/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesIndian River County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteIndian River County value
Child poverty rate · low2.1%
86/100Florida 15.7%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Adult obesity · low28.1%
85/100Florida 34.5%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high99.7
0/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyIndian River County value
Rent-burdened households · high64.6%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Homicide rate · high7.7 /100k
14/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataIndian River County value
Broadband subscriptions · low81.8%
17/100Florida 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Hot days · high82 days
17/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationIndian River County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
6,937 (2016-2020) → 6,559 (2020-2024)
−5.4%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$48,145 (2016-2020) → $83,199 (2020-2024)
+73%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
18.9% (2016-2020) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.4% (2016-2020) → 7.7% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.3% (2016-2020) → 22.6% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
83.7% (2016-2020) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Vero Lake Estates, Florida over five years.

Cities and towns like Vero Lake Estates, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Vero Lake Estates, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Vero Lake Estates, Florida five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,559 residents (±793)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,559 residents (±793)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

White69%4,549
Black6.8%†445
Hispanic or Latino19%1,215
Asian1.8%†116
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.6%†234

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,732 residents (±542)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma9.8%†465
High school or GED30%1,422
Some college25%1,171
Associate degree13%†604
Bachelor's degree14%†674
Graduate degree8.4%†396

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,429 households (±288)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k8.9%†217
$25k–50k16%†381
$50k–75k21%†503
$75k–100k13%†325
$100k–150k22%†531
$150k–200k7.7%†186
$200k or more12%†286

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,429 households (±288)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Own88%2,134
Rent12%†295

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

208 households (±155)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5007.7%†16

Home values

2,134 homes (±293)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k4.3%†92
$150k–250k19%†401
$250k–400k52%1,110

Age of homes

2,766 homes (±283)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later14%†398
2000–200957%1,574
1980–199927%†735

Size of homes

2,766 homes (±283)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.3%†36
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms15%†422

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,220 workers (±506)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone76%2,449
Carpool14%†465
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.8%†283
Other0.7%†23

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,937 workers (±487)

Vero Lake Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min18%†537
15–29 min40%†1,186
30–44 min31%916

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Indian River County, the county holding most of Vero Lake Estates's residents.

Indian River County has 4,820 employer establishments, 283 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Florida's), with 51,628 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,711. The Census Bureau also counts 19,003 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,820; 19,003 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 283; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 51,628
Average annual pay: $50,711; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Indian River County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	445	26.1	1.69×More than typical	3,167	$47,618	1,116
Ambulatory health care services	437	25.7	1.23×About typical	4,724	$73,994	1,248
Services to buildings and dwellings	318	18.7	2.77×More than typical	1,673	$39,386	1,588
Lessors of real estate	317	18.6	1.51×More than typical	838	$59,902	2,508
Restaurants and other eating places	272	16	0.87×About typical	5,730	$22,737	85
Management, scientific and technical consulting	171	10	1.50×More than typical	867	$61,442	820
Landscaping services	170	10	2.85×More than typical	1,112	$40,873	538
Real estate agents and brokers	165	9.7	1.99×More than typical	351	$81,123	843
Building finishing contractors	156	9.2	2.41×More than typical	621	$40,786	443
Offices of physicians	148	8.7	1.34×More than typical	2,345	$93,205	157
Full-service restaurants	146	8.6	1.12×About typical	3,506	$24,894	48
Building equipment contractors	133	7.8	1.30×More than typical	1,245	$55,264	140

Rank places for an industry Open Indian River County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 170,319 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$477 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Vero Lake Estates, Florida: -$0.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$477
Per resident: -$0.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

GYROCOPTER FLIGHT TRAINING ACADEMY LLC-$4770.0%

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
131.4KFY2018
164.9KFY2019
7.9KFY2020
9.9KFY2021
54.6KFY2022
87.9KFY2023
2.2KFY2024
0FY2025
-477.4FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Vero Lake Estates, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Vero Lake Estates, Florida's figures are part of those of Indian River County, FL ($1.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Vero Lake Estates is mostly in Indian River County.

See federal money in Indian River County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Vero Lake Estates, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike HaridopolosR-FL-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Indian River County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL74

Other cities and towns in Indian River County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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