Demographics of Vero Beach city, Florida

Vero Beach city, Florida had 17,603 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,173 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Vero Beach city, in four figures

17,603
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 17,042 ±42.; +7.1%
Change since July 2020: +1,173 people.; 52.5 ±2.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $69,758 ±$6,028
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Vero Beach city, Florida's population grew 7.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Vero Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Vero Beach city, Florida's population grew 7.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Vero Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	16,430	100.0	100.0
2021	16,777	102.1	100.2
2022	17,129	104.3	100.7
2023	17,376	105.8	101.6
2024	17,516	106.6	102.5
2025	17,603	107.1	103.1

Population of Vero Beach city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	16,430	—
2021	16,777	+347
2022	17,129	+352
2023	17,376	+247
2024	17,516	+140
2025	17,603	+87

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 52.5 ±2.6: for men 52.2 ±3.9 and for women 53.1 ±3.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Vero Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	669 ±270	3.9% ±1.6	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,662 ±346	9.8% ±2.0	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,053 ±309	6.2% ±1.8	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,949 ±701	23.2% ±4.1	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,784 ±524	28.1% ±3.1	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,925 ±448	28.9% ±2.6	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $69,758 ±$6,028, and income per person $58,674 ±$5,809, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Vero Beach city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	1,541 ±319	20.6% ±4.0	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,415 ±311	18.9% ±3.9	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,158 ±236	15.5% ±3.0	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,058 ±245	14.1% ±3.1	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	774 ±183	10.3% ±2.3	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	583 ±162	7.8% ±2.1	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	955 ±156	12.8% ±1.9	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Vero Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	2,704 ±548	16.1% ±3.3	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	263 to 781	22.7% ±10.3	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,112 ±286	14.2% ±3.4	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,070 ±315	16.1% ±4.5	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Vero Beach city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Vero Beach city	Florida	United States
Housing units	10,375 ±611	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	72.1% ±2.9	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	27.9% ±3.0	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.4% ±4.4	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.6% ±3.7	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$391,900 ±$55,354	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,221 ±$82	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±1	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Vero Beach city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,975 ±586	11.6% ±3.4	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	12,213 ±893	71.7% ±5.2	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,576 ±662	9.2% ±3.9	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	342 ±165	2.0% ±1.0	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 133	0% to 0.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	320 to 1,414	1.9% to 8.3%	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Vero Beach city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	5,378 ±743	31.6% ±4.4	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	9,102 ±696	53.4% ±4.1	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	339 ±161	2.0% ±0.9	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,223 ±679	13.0% ±4.0	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,443 ±511	8.5% ±3.0	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	780 ±361	4.6% ±2.1	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Vero Beach city among the places of Florida

234th of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Vero Beach city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
South Venice CDP	17,484 ±1,779
New Port Richey city	17,425 ±48
Mount Dora city	17,278 ±34
Upper Grand Lagoon CDP	17,232 ±1,292
Lake Butler CDP	17,125 ±1,748
Vero Beach city	17,042 ±42
Safety Harbor city	17,033 ±39
Belle Glade city	16,972 ±30
Brownsville CDP	16,936 ±1,533
Three Lakes CDP	16,888 ±1,308
Palmer Ranch CDP	16,867 ±1,257

Rankings this appears in

No. 21 Places in Florida by poverty rate
No. 30 Places in Florida by per capita income
No. 58 Places in Florida by median age
No. 103 Places in Florida by median home value
No. 134 Places by median age
No. 157 Places in Florida by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026