RioFL
A town of 1,232, settled in 1897.
Is Rio a good place to live?
The best of Rio’s subject grades is a B+ for schools; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Rio’s mean commuting time is 15 minutes, where Florida’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 639 Florida towns, just 7 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Rio. Rio has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,232 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rio grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Rio is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rio: who provides what
Rio is unincorporated, so Martin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rio.
Rio has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Federal aid has come to Rio households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2017. Compared with 90% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher. FEMA puts four fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 14% to inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A older population than Florida as a whole
Rio’s age of the median resident comes in at 58.1 years. People 65 and older are 37% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (38% statewide). Here, 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 34% in Florida as a whole.
| Rio | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58.1 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 60 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±10 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Rio | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.8% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.1% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 20.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 12.4% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 46% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Rio’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
For residents in Rio, the share who live below the poverty line is 14%. Jobs based in Rio grew to 195 in 2023, 130 more than in 2013. The middle household income in the town is $92,000. The top destinations are Stuart (20%), Jensen Beach (7%) and Port St. Lucie (6%).
| Rio | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $92,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rio is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
In Rio, one in ten adults worry about having enough food. CDC measures, 31 in all: Rio beats Florida on 13 and trails on 7. Rio: 15% of adults have diabetes, against 13% in Florida’s towns and 12% across U.S. towns.
| Rio | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Rio | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.7% | 13.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.8% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 0.4% of Rio
The concentration of trails for Rio comes to 0.1 miles per square mile. Across 1 park or preserve: 0.1 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 2 acres in the town.
| Rio | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rio Nature Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More of Rio’s households live in a home they own than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Okeechobee and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rio. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi LakeLake Okeechobee20 mi Ancient siteUrca de Lima
20 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
37 mi MuseumFlagler Museum
13 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field35 mi Zoo & aquariumLion Country SafariPhoto credits
Lake Okeechobee: NASA, Public domain · National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flagler Museum: Roger Wollstadt from Sarasota, Florida, CC BY-SA 2.0 · First Data Field: JoeCondon, Public domain
Everything we know about Rio
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rio
About 0 of every 100 Rio residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
100% of working residents leave Rio for work
Where Rio’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rio
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Rio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 980 at the 2020 census. Rio is pronounced locally as if it were spelled "Rye-oh". It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 772
Questions about Rio
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rio, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $304,000, 19% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.