Winter BeachFL
A town of 4,985, settled in 1925.
Is Winter Beach a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C+, 279th among Florida's 634 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 78% of the country and its schools outperform 78% of the state's. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $472K, 6.4 years of the Sebastian metro’s $73K median household income. Winter Beach’s trail network density is 2.3 miles per square mile, where Florida’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Kiwanis Hobart Park, at 46 acres.
What makes Winter Beach stand out
Where Winter Beach beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Winter Beach has grown 52% from 2010 to 2020
2,067 counted in 2010 and 3,136 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Winter Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Winter Beach is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Winter Beach: who provides what
Winter 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 Winter Beach.
Winter Beach has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has commutes shorter than most of Florida, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
Conservation land takes up 2.8% of Winter Beach
There are 16 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kiwanis Hobart Park | 0.1 mi | 46 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Winter Beach’s grade for schools is an A−
Public schools: the Indian River school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Winter Beach’s public school: 312 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North County Charter SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 312 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
The FEMA risk score in Winter Beach is higher than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
FEMA puts 81% of Winter Beach’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 13% to inland flooding. 4 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 2016.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A older population than Florida as a whole
The share of residents in Winter Beach who are under 18 is 19%, near the Florida town median (20%) and below the median of U.S. towns (22%). People 65 and older are 37% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 30% of residents (38% statewide). The town’s midpoint age stands at 57.6 years. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 38%, against 34% across Florida.
| Winter Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57.6 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 31% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Winter Beach | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.7% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.1% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.6% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 27.2% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.4% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.6% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 5,000, single groups can be off by several points
Winter Beach’s grade for health is an A−
For adults 18 to 64 in Winter Beach, the share who have no health insurance is 8.6%. A quarter of adults have obesity here.
| Winter Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Winter Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.6% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Winter Beach work out of town
The average commute for its 1,209 working residents takes 21.9 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Just 2% of Winter Beach’s working residents have a job in town. In Winter Beach, the average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Vero Beach (17%), Vero Beach South (4%) and Fort Pierce (3%). The median commute is under 13 miles.
| Winter Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Winter Beach’s year
January nights average 53.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 89.3°. The Vero Beach 4se weather station 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.
Its January low stands at 54°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| Winter Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 54°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of households are owner-occupiers in Winter Beach than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
At 6.4 years of the Sebastian metro’s $73K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 77% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
The median sale price was $510,000 in May 2026. On the market in Winter Beach: a median 87 days to sell. In Winter Beach, the typical sale closed at 97.3% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Urca de Lima and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winter Beach. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
27 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field
40 mi Zoo & aquariumBrevard Zoo
8 mi GardenMcKee Botanical Garden
6 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 Winter Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Winter Beach; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Winter Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
98% of working residents leave Winter Beach for work
Where Winter Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Winter Beach’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Winter Beach.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Beach | #279 | C+ | D | — | A− | A− |
| Wabasso | — | — | B− | — | A− | B+ |
Wabasso has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Winter Beach and Wabasso report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Winter Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Winter Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Winter Beach, FL a good place to live?
Winter Beach grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #279 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Winter Beach, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $472,000, 26% 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.