Sebastian vs Vero Lake Estates

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

Sebastian 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.

Sebastian has the higher population (25,759 vs 6,262 in Vero Lake Estates). Sebastian has the higher median household income ($68,863 vs $63,487 in Vero Lake Estates). Vero Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($293,500 vs $281,700 in Sebastian).

Population, income & housing

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
Population	25,759	6,262
Median age	57.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,863	$63,487
Median home value	$281,700	$293,500
Median gross rent	$1,414	$1,882
Housing units	12,891	2,753
Homeownership rate	83.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
Population	25,107 → 25,759 (+2.6%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$53,707 → $68,863 (+28.2%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$195,500 → $281,700 (+44.1%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,414 (+34.7%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Sebastian

Population

25,10725,759

Median household income

$53,707$68,863

Median home value

$195,500$281,700

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,414

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)

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	3.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	22.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	6.9%
75 and over	15.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	65.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	8.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	79.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	87.9%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sebastian	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1994	2003