Gifford vs Vero Lake Estates

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

Gifford 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 4,658 in Gifford). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($63,487 vs $27,765 in Gifford). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $259,300 in Gifford).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
Population	4,658	6,262
Median age	33.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,765	$63,487
Median home value	$259,300	$293,500
Median gross rent	$890	$1,882
Housing units	1,850	2,753
Homeownership rate	46.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
Population	10,479 → 4,658 (-55.5%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$36,323 → $27,765 (-23.6%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$231,100 → $259,300 (+12.2%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $890 (+12.8%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Gifford

Population

10,4794,658

Median household income

$36,323$27,765

Median home value

$231,100$259,300

Median gross rent

$789$890

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)

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	7.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	22.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.9%
75 and over	5.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	65.6%
Black or African American	60.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	18.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	75.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	15.8%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	47.8%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	52.3%	15.6%
Average household size	3.13	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1993	2003