Florida Ridge vs Vero Lake Estates

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

Florida Ridge 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.

Florida Ridge has the higher population (21,517 vs 6,262 in Vero Lake Estates). Florida Ridge has the higher median household income ($64,956 vs $63,487 in Vero Lake Estates). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $250,500 in Florida Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
Population	21,517	6,262
Median age	44.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,956	$63,487
Median home value	$250,500	$293,500
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,882
Housing units	10,217	2,753
Homeownership rate	80.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
Population	22,372 → 21,517 (-3.8%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$48,946 → $64,956 (+32.7%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$141,200 → $250,500 (+77.4%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,209 (+11.0%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Florida Ridge

Population

22,37221,517

Median household income

$48,946$64,956

Median home value

$141,200$250,500

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,209

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)

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	22.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.9%
75 and over	11.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	65.6%
Black or African American	16.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	10.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	72.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	70.3%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Florida Ridge	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	10.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1990	2003