Vero Lake EstatesFL
A town of 6,559.
Is Vero Lake Estates a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades B−, 136th among Florida's 634 graded towns. The median household earns $83K and its schools rank ahead of 78% of Florida towns. Only 51 of Florida’s 776 towns score lower on walkability.
98% of working residents leave Vero Lake Estates for work
Where Vero Lake Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Vero Lake Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Vero Lake Estates is from typical.
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Moving to Vero Lake Estates: who provides what
Vero Lake Estates is unincorporated, so Indian River 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 Vero Lake Estates.
Vero Lake Estates has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Vero Beach and beyond.
The FEMA risk score in Vero Lake Estates is higher than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Among 638 Florida towns, just 1 have a higher FEMA risk score than Vero Lake Estates.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Vero Lake Estates
Vero Lake Estates has 244 jobs for its 3,167 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Vero Lake Estates for work: only 2% work in town. 5.3% of Vero Lake Estates residents live below the poverty line, below both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Vero Lake Estates has added 83 jobs, to 244 in 2023.
| Vero Lake Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Vero Lake Estates has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 51.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90°. The Vero Beach 4se weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 56 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 92% of Florida places with climate records.
Vero Lake Estates has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Vero Lake Estates’ January low is 52°F, against 51°F in Florida’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Vero Lake Estates’ July high is 90°F.
| Vero Lake Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 52°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Vero Lake Estates ranks healthier than 56% of the country’s towns
Vero Lake Estates beats the Florida average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Vero Lake Estates.
| Vero Lake Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Vero Lake Estates | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 11.5% | 13.5% |
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 31.3% | 36.6% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.1% | 78.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Vero Lake Estates sells for about $368K
The median rent in Vero Lake Estates is $2,094 a month.
| Vero Lake Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,094 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Urca de Lima and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vero Lake Estates. Close and well known come first.
22 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
30 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field
35 mi Zoo & aquariumBrevard Zoo
13 mi GardenMcKee Botanical Garden
28 mi MuseumAmerican Muscle Car MuseumPhoto credits
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · First Data Field: JoeCondon, Public domain · Brevard Zoo: Rusty Clark from merritt usland FLA, CC BY 2.0 · McKee Botanical Garden: Robert Lawton, CC BY 2.5 · American Muscle Car Museum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Vero Lake Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Vero Lake Estates; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Vero Lake Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Vero Lake Estates
Unincorporated community in Florida, U.S.
Vero Lake Estates is an unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States, off CR 510. It contains the western portion of Wabasso Road, although it is not connected to CR 510. The entire area contains a street grid, (77th Street on the south; County Road 512 (95th Street) on the north, and 90th Avenue on the east; 108th Avenue on the west). The ZIP Code for Vero Lake Estates is 32967. As of the 2020 census, Vero Lake Estates had a population of 6,782. Vero Lake Estates is part of Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Vero Lake Estates’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Vero Lake Estates.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Lake Estates | #136 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Fellsmere | #53 | B+ | A− | A− | A− | C |
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Questions about Vero Lake Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vero Lake Estates, FL a good place to live?
Vero Lake Estates grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #136 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Vero Lake Estates, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $328,000, 13% 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 C+.