Fellsmere vs Vero Lake Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Fellsmere and Vero Lake Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Fellsmere and Vero Lake Estates are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vero Lake Estates has the higher population (6,262 vs 4,902 in Fellsmere). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($63,487 vs $47,335 in Fellsmere). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $123,400 in Fellsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
Population	4,902	6,262
Median age	30.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,335	$63,487
Median home value	$123,400	$293,500
Median gross rent	$1,079	$1,882
Housing units	1,246	2,753
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
Population	5,625 → 4,902 (-12.9%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$27,190 → $47,335 (+74.1%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $123,400 (+13.7%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,079 (+44.1%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Fellsmere

Population

5,6254,902

Median household income

$27,190$47,335

Median home value

$108,500$123,400

Median gross rent

$749$1,079

Vero Lake Estates

Population

6,9376,262

Median household income

$48,145$63,487

Median home value

$179,900$293,500

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	9.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	19.3%	22.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	3.3%	6.9%
75 and over	3.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	65.6%
Black or African American	9.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	77.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	30.1%	17.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	70.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	15.8%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.8%
Other means	4.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	50.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fellsmere	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	21.5%	15.6%
Average household size	4.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1988	2003