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Safety Harbor, FL vs Vero Beach, FL

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- Household income in Vero Beach, is 44% less than it is in Safety Harbor and is 27% below the National Average.
- Safety Harbor unemployment rate is 4.4%.
- Vero Beach unemployment rate is 5.2%.
 Safety Harbor, FLVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth41.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$47,010  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$54,311$69,021
 Family Median Income$112,284  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Safety Harbor, FLVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock12.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock11.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Safety Harbor, FLVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.4%6.5%
 Community, social services0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.3%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock3.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support26.6%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.4%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock6.9%13.1%
Reviews for Safety Harbor    3 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived in my beloved Safety Harbor in the early 90's when I was just at the start of my career. I relocated from Illinois and so enjoyed life there. I walked Philippe  More

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I've lived across the entire US, Fort Lauderdale and Palm beach for nearly two decades, Tampa for three years, Dallas, Tulsa, been to New York, Naples, Fort Myers,  More

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I highly recommend Safety Harbor to anyone considering the Tampa/St Pete area. We have lived here for 6 years, and now face a potential move. I am considering a  More

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Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 14 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 14 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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