VerandahFL
A town in Florida, home to 1,900 people.
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 concentration of trails 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.
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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
The public schools here belong to the Lee school district. The largest public high school is Riverdale High School, with 1,916 students. Its one school is below.
| 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
Natural hazards: very high risk in Verandah, mostly hurricanes
FEMA puts 55% of Verandah’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 38% to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, Verandah has seen 13 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Verandah stands out in Florida and nationally: a larger share of its adults had a checkup this year
Among adults in Verandah, 15% have been diagnosed with depression. Only 3 of the 637 Florida towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Verandah. In Verandah, 10% of adults binge drink, and 27% sleep under 7 hours. CDC measures, 31 in all: Verandah beats Florida on 19 and trails on 5.
| 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
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people working in Verandah commute elsewhere
Verandah’s middle household income stands at $121,000. For most workers, Verandah is a place to come home to: only 6% work in town. 3.4% of Verandah residents live below the poverty line. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 155, to 477.
| 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 are owner-occupiers
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.