Vero Beach, Florida is a city in Indian River County, which was formerly known as Vero. U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate calculates a population of 16,939 in the city. Vero Beach is the county seat of Indian River County and is a Principal City of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area for U.S. Census purposes. This MSA is home to 130,100 people. In 2000, the census figures show that there 17,705 people, 8,516 households, and 4,777 families residing in Vero. The population density was 1,598.9 people per square mile, with 10,286 housing units at an average density of 928.9 per square mile.
Of the 8,516 households in Vero in 2000, 17.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 44.4% were married couples living together. Female heads of household ran 8.6% homes, and 43.9% of household were home to non-family members. Of all Vero households, 36.4% were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had a sole resident who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 people, and the average family size was 2.59.
The city of Vero had an age-population distribution where 16.0% of residents were under the age of 18, 7.0% were aged from 18 to 24, and 23.6% were 25 to 44 years. In the 45 to 64 age group, there fell 24.1% of the population, and 29.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age for residents of Vero was 48 years. For every 100 women females there were 92.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.
As far as income, the median income for a household in Vero was $38,427 in 2000. The median income for a family from the census figures was $50,260. Males out earned females, with a median income of $31,217 and $24,022, respectively. The per capita income for all residents of the city was $30,940. About 6.4% of families and 9.1% of the entire population were below the poverty line, which also includes 11.6% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
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