Metro area · Florida

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Florida, home to 172,799 residents. Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area has a quality-of-life score of 74 out of 100 (high), ranking #241 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Florida it ranks #4 of 28. It ranks best on income adjusted for local prices (high), comfortable days (high) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), rent as share of income (high) and rent-burdened households (high).

74High
Quality-of-life score
#241 of 925 metro and micro areas
Florida
#4 of 28 in FL
Population
172,799 (2025)
Land area
503 mi²
Density
343.8 /mi²
CBSA code
42680

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety51#450/924
  • Economy75#234/925
  • Housing11#821/925
  • Health84#148/925
  • Healthcare54#425/923
  • Environment92#76/917
  • Education71#273/925
  • Infrastructure65#328/925
  • Community67#305/925
  • Leisure & amenities78#203/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Indian River CountyCentral county74172,799

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. SebastianPrincipal city26,262
  2. Vero BeachPrincipal city17,042
  3. West Vero CorridorPrincipal city10,461

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Vero Beach South30,344
  2. Sebastian26,262
  3. Florida Ridge20,889
  4. Vero Beach17,042
  5. West Vero Corridor10,461
  6. Vero Lake Estates6,559
  7. Winter Beach4,985
  8. Fellsmere4,953
  9. Gifford4,668
  10. Indian River Shores4,386
  11. South Beach3,063
  12. Wabasso Beach2,262
  13. Roseland2,142
  14. Wabasso1,467
  15. Orchid441
  16. Windsor338

Other metro and micro areas in Florida

Areas based in Florida, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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