VerandahFL
A town of 1,900.
Is Verandah a good place to live?
The best of Verandah’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. 65% of residents are 65 or older in Verandah, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 44 of Florida’s 774 towns score higher on incomes. Homes are expensive, about $643K for a typical one and 8.5 times the Cape Coral metro’s $76K median household income. Verandah’s trail density is 3.8 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Florida’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Verandah has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Verandah stand out
Where Verandah beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Verandah | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.1% | 13.9% |
How Verandah grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Verandah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Verandah: who provides what
Verandah is unincorporated, so Lee 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 Verandah.
On state tests, Verandah’s schools trail 64% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Lee school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Riverdale High School, with 1,916 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,916 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Verandah
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Verandah.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Verandah stands out in Florida and nationally: a smaller share of its adults report frequent mental distress
10% of Verandah adults report frequent mental distress. Verandah beats the Florida average on 19 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 14% of Verandah adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Verandah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Verandah | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.1% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.2% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 18.5% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Verandah has mild winters and hot summers
Verandah has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Verandah’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Verandah
Most working residents leave Verandah for work: only 6% work in town. The median household income in Verandah is $121,000. Since 2013, Verandah has added 155 jobs, to 477 in 2023.
| Verandah | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, more of Verandah’s households own their home
94% of households own their home in Verandah. The median sale price was $477,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Edison and Ford Winter Estates and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verandah. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter Estates
40 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena
19 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site20 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
31 mi State parkCayo Costa State ParkPhoto credits
Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Verandah
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Verandah
About 2 of every 100 Verandah residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Verandah
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Verandah is a census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Lee County, Florida, United States. It is bordered to the north by Fort Myers Shores, to the northeast by Olga, and to the south by Buckingham. Fort Myers, the Lee county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) to the southwest via Florida State Road 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard). Verandah was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 1,791 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Verandah’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Verandah.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verandah | — | — | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Buckingham | #410 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Fort Myers Shores | #541 | D | C− | — | C+ | C |
Verandah has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Verandah, Buckingham and Fort Myers Shores report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Verandah with a neighbor →
Questions about Verandah
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Verandah, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $643,000, 71% above 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 D.