Treasure Hammock Ranch Farmstead · Photo: National Park Service · Public domainWest Vero Corridor has lower household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
The two grades for West Vero Corridor are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 10.8% of residents, next to 12.6% across Florida. Only 5% stay in West Vero Corridor for work; outside it, Vero Beach is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: West Vero Corridor in brief
West Vero Corridor trades workers with the towns around it
West Vero Corridor has about as many jobs (3,689) as working residents (3,676), but they are mostly different people: 3,479 residents leave for work each day while 3,492 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in West Vero Corridor are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside West Vero Corridor
57% of West Vero Corridor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in West Vero Corridor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in West Vero Corridor pay little
28% of the jobs based in West Vero Corridor pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in West Vero Corridor are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in West Vero Corridor
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, West Vero Corridor is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #504 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds West Vero Corridor’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($61,927, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, West Vero Corridor could be anywhere from C− to B−.
West Vero Corridor by day and by night
On a workday 3,479 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 3,492 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The 3,689 jobs based in West Vero Corridor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Vero Corridor, 2014 → 2024: 3,093 → 3,689. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Vero Corridor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
West Vero Corridor’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where people from West Vero Corridor work
Where West Vero Corridor clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 28 minutes from West Vero Corridor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Vero Corridor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,246 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
West Vero Corridor is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Vero Corridor is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #514 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place West Vero Corridor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,838 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of West Vero Corridor households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Vero Corridor’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, West Vero Corridor is 2,220th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,218 | Warrenton MO | 9,667 | $61K | 14.6% | 4.7% | 11% | C |
| 2,219 | Barre VT | 8,214 | $66K | 17.3% | 4.5% | 19% | C |
| 2,220 | West Vero Corridor FL | 10,461 | $62K | 10.8% | 5.7% | 5% | C |
| 2,221 | Borger TX | 11,842 | $62K | 14.9% | 3.6% | 40% | C |
| 2,222 | East Lincoln Township IL | 7,589 | $59K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of West Vero Corridor, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around West Vero Corridor
The biggest share goes to Vero Beach South (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Vero Corridor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Vero Corridor | – | C | C+ | 28 min | $61,927 |
| Fellsmere | under 2% | D | A− | 32 min | $55,893 |
| Vero Beach South | 4% | B− | C | 21 min | $73,420 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Vero Corridor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in West Vero Corridor: questions
What is the median household income in West Vero Corridor?
$61,927 (±$5,308) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Vero Corridor?
10.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Vero Corridor?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Vero Corridor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vero Beach (17%, 6 mi), Fort Pierce (5%, 17 mi), Vero Beach South (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is West Vero Corridor walkable?
West Vero Corridor is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Vero Corridor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Vero Corridor, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Vero Corridor
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.