Vero Beach vs West Vero Corridor

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

Vero Beach and West Vero Corridor 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 10,802 in West Vero Corridor). Vero Beach has the higher median household income ($67,351 vs $59,162 in West Vero Corridor). Vero Beach has the higher median home value ($392,500 vs $186,700 in West Vero Corridor).

Population, income & housing

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
Population	16,785	10,802
Median age	52.6 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,351	$59,162
Median home value	$392,500	$186,700
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,474
Housing units	10,173	6,904
Homeownership rate	64.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
Population	16,857 → 16,785 (-0.4%)	8,292 → 10,802 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$48,844 → $67,351 (+37.9%)	$41,340 → $59,162 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$259,800 → $392,500 (+51.1%)	$55,200 → $186,700 (+238.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,197 (+34.5%)	$1,081 → $1,474 (+36.4%)

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

West Vero Corridor

Population

8,29210,802

Median household income

$41,340$59,162

Median home value

$55,200$186,700

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
Under 5	3.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	6.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	20.6%
75 and over	13.3%	31.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	83.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
Drove alone	68.7%	72.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.1%
Other means	4.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
1-unit, detached	47.4%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	17.3%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	33.5%

Poverty & households

	Vero Beach	West Vero Corridor
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.24	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1975	1989