Florida · Census place 1274150

Vero Beach, Florida

Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida with an estimated 17,556 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,556
#133 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+6.9%
+1,130 people
Land area
11.6 sq mi
+ 1.91 sq mi water
Density
1,516 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Vero Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Vero Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Vero Beach added 1,130 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.9%. In the latest year it moved by +179. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Vero Beach is 80% of it.

16.4k202016.8k202117.1k202217.4k202317.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,357. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Vero Beach covers 11.58 square miles of land and 1.91 of water, for 1,516 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Vero Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Vero Beach is in

All of Vero Beach's residents live in Indian River County, which had 172,139 residents in 2024. Vero Beach holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vero Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Vero Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32960, 32963. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Vero Beach is

The Census internal point of Vero Beach is at 27.647200, -80.393100. Tallahassee, the capital, is 303.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sebastian, FL (27,087 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Port St. Lucie, FL, 25.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.647200, -80.393100
DMS
27°38'49.92"N 80°23'35.16"W
UTM
17N 559865.8E 3058269.0N
Geohash
dhyv69588
Plus code
76VXJJW4+VQ

Daylight in Vero Beach

At 27.65° N, Vero Beach gets about 13 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vero Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Indian River Shores, 4.4 miles away, with 4,466 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Vero Beach, FL?

17,556 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,130 (6.9%) from 16,426 in July 2020.

What county is Vero Beach in?

Indian River County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Vero Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32960, 32963.

How far is Vero Beach from Tallahassee?

303.8 miles (489.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Vero Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Vero Beach?

Sebastian, FL, with 27,087 residents, 10.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.