Best PlacesVero Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vero Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Vero Beach ranks 1,223rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vero Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Vero Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vero Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 87% of cities
- QuietBetter than 86% of cities
Where Vero Beach ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 4% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Vero Beach
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vero Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,281, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Vero Beach's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vero Beach
Vero Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vero Beach.
Who works in Vero Beach, and how
Work in Vero Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Vero Beach
Vero Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vero Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vero Beach, month by month
Vero Beach sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 75, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| April | 84° | 74° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Vero Beach
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vero Beach
Schools across Vero Beach average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Imagine At South VeroA+ · 72% proficient
- Rosewood Magnet SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Liberty Magnet SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Cloud Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Storm Grove Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Sebastian River Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Harmony High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- St. Lucie West Centennial HighB · 46% proficient
- Sebastian River High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vero Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vero Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Vero Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Vero Beach suits
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of cities, health care access beats 79%, and it is quieter than 86%.
Common questions about living in Vero Beach
Is Vero Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vero Beach ranks 1,223rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vero Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $493,867. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $96,281 median income, cost of living beats 66% of cities.
Is Vero Beach safe?
Yes, Vero Beach is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Vero Beach?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 75 with lows near 52. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
Is Vero Beach good for families?
Schools beat 60% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $796 a month.
Compare Vero Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vero Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vero Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Vero Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vero Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vero Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vero Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vero Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vero Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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