Indian River Shores vs Vero Lake Estates

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

Indian River Shores 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 4,324 in Indian River Shores). Indian River Shores has the higher median household income ($149,722 vs $63,487 in Vero Lake Estates). Indian River Shores has the higher median home value ($1,085,600 vs $293,500 in Vero Lake Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
Population	4,324	6,262
Median age	74.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$149,722	$63,487
Median home value	$1,085,600	$293,500
Median gross rent	$2,195	$1,882
Housing units	3,613	2,753
Homeownership rate	97.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
Population	4,206 → 4,324 (+2.8%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$118,669 → $149,722 (+26.2%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$712,700 → $1,085,600 (+52.3%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $2,195 (+100.3%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Indian River Shores

Population

4,2064,324

Median household income

$118,669$149,722

Median home value

$712,700$1,085,600

Median gross rent

$1,096$2,195

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)

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	0.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	1.2%	22.4%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	26.2%	6.9%
75 and over	47.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	65.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	0.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	9.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	64.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	15.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	6.8%
Other means	5.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	54.6%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	22.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Indian River Shores	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	6.4%	15.6%
Average household size	1.80	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1986	2003