Vero Beach vs Vero Lake Estates

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

Vero Beach 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 Beach has the higher population (16,785 vs 6,262 in Vero Lake Estates). Vero Beach has the higher median household income ($67,351 vs $63,487 in Vero Lake Estates). Vero Beach has the higher median home value ($392,500 vs $293,500 in Vero Lake Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
Population	16,785	6,262
Median age	52.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,351	$63,487
Median home value	$392,500	$293,500
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,882
Housing units	10,173	2,753
Homeownership rate	64.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
Population	16,857 → 16,785 (-0.4%)	6,937 → 6,262 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$48,844 → $67,351 (+37.9%)	$48,145 → $63,487 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$259,800 → $392,500 (+51.1%)	$179,900 → $293,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,197 (+34.5%)	$1,176 → $1,882 (+60.0%)

Vero Beach

Population

16,85716,785

Median household income

$48,844$67,351

Median home value

$259,800$392,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,197

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)

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	22.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.9%
75 and over	13.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	65.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
No high school diploma	8.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
Drove alone	68.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	15.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	6.8%
Other means	4.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	47.4%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	17.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Vero Beach	Vero Lake Estates
Poverty rate	14.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1975	2003