Wabasso BeachFL
A town of 2,262.
Is Wabasso Beach a good place to live?
The best of Wabasso Beach’s subject grades are an A− for health and schools and an A+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. 63% of residents are 65 or older in Wabasso Beach, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 25 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $654K, 8.9 years of the Sebastian metro’s $73K median household income. Wabasso Beach’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both the Florida town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Only 23 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on the outdoors. Wabasso Beach has 1 place on the National Register. Wabasso Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wabasso Beach stand out
Where Wabasso Beach beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Wabasso Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3.4% | 13.9% |
Wabasso Beach has grown 18% from 2010 to 2020
1,853 counted in 2010 and 2,194 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Wabasso Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Wabasso Beach is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wabasso Beach: who provides what
Wabasso Beach 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 Wabasso Beach.
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Wabasso Beach
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer of Wabasso Beach’s adults report frequent mental distress than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
9% of Wabasso Beach adults report frequent mental distress. Wabasso Beach beats the Florida average on 21 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 15% of Wabasso Beach adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Wabasso Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wabasso Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3.4% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 2.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 20.6% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wabasso Beach has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Wabasso Beach for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Wabasso Beach is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Wabasso Beach has added 76 jobs, to 238 in 2023.
| Wabasso Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $116,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Wabasso Beach
Wabasso Beach has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Only 7 of the 639 Florida towns we compare have a lower July high than Wabasso Beach.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 14.1% of Wabasso Beach
2.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Captain Forster's Hammock Preserve, at 129 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Captain Forster's Hammock Preserve | 0.1 mi | 129 |
| 2. Wabasso Beach Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, more of Wabasso Beach’s households own their home
98% of households own their home in Wabasso Beach. The median sale price was $858,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Urca de Lima and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wabasso Beach. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
30 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field
38 mi Zoo & aquariumBrevard Zoo
10 mi GardenMcKee Botanical Garden
8 mi MuseumVero Beach Museum of ArtPhoto 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 · Vero Beach Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Wabasso Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wabasso Beach; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Wabasso Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
97% of working residents leave Wabasso Beach for work
Where Wabasso Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Wabasso Beach’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Wabasso Beach.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabasso Beach | — | — | D− | — | A− | A− |
| Orchid | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Indian River Shores | #174 | B− | D− | — | A− | A− |
Wabasso Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wabasso Beach and Indian River Shores report no FBI crime data of their own. Orchid isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wabasso Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Wabasso Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wabasso Beach, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $654,000, 74% 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−.