Vero Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 17,096 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Vero Beach is the 164th largest community in Florida. Housing costs in Vero Beach are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Vero Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vero Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vero Beach who work in sales jobs (19.92%), management occupations (12.49%), and office and administrative support (9.21%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.43% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Vero Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One of the benefits of Vero Beach is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.49 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Vero Beach is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Vero Beach is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.70% of adults in Vero Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Vero Beach in 2022 was $51,610, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $206,440 for a family of four. However, Vero Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vero Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vero Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vero Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vero Beach include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Vero Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
