DEMOGRAPHICS 
"Small town flavor…
metropolitan advantages"
WHO LIVES IN VERO BEACH?
Gone is the stereotype that Florida is home to retirees only. Vero Beach is made up of an eclectic, diverse, highly educated populace of all ages, including families with young children through retirees. As the region continues to draw full time residents, snowbirds' migration to the area boosts the population November through April. Vero Beach is a vibrant community year round. Surrounded by water, Indian River County has 43 square miles of water.
Unpretentious, friendly and laid back,
Vero Beach is a haven for cultural and outdoor enthusiasts in search of
a small town atmosphere filled with diverse and intellectually stimulating
persons of all ages, vocations and interests.
Kiplinger's recently noted that 14% of Vero Beach residents
were millionaires, 4th in the nation among 10 locales cited,
noting in its May 2006 issue: "Called the Treasure Coast for the riches
washed up on its beaches centuries ago from shipwrecks,
there's still plenty of wealth turning up in the Vero Beach area.
With lower home prices than other Florida hotspots such as Miami
and Palm Beach, this Atlantic Coast town on Florida's Indian River
has been a Mecca for real estate investors looking to unearth riches
of their own. Well-to-do retirees and families are also flocking
to the area, making it one of the fastest-growing populations in the country."
In addition to life-long residents connected to our world famous citrus industry,
newer residents enchanted by the Vero Beach lifestyle that keep full time
and second residences come from Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Jersey,
New York; Maryland; Virginia; Michigan; Eastern Canada;
the United Kingdom; Ohio and Southern Florida cities such as
Ft. Lauderdale, Coral Cables and Boca Raton.
AGE Median Age: 56.8 HOUSEHOLD Median Household Size: 1.98 FAMILY Married, no children 10% Married, grown children 56% Single, no children 32% Divorced 7% Now Married 74% HOUSING Median home cost: $760,400 WEATHER Sunny Days: 235 Avg January Temp 53.6 Avg. July temp. 90.3 Year round average temp 73.5 POPULATION City of Vero Beach 18,000 Indian River County 117,000
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