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Vero Beach, FL vs Daytona Beach, FL

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- Household income in Daytona Beach, is 22% less than it is in Vero Beach and is 63% below the National Average.
- Vero Beach unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- Daytona Beach unemployment rate is 7.1%.
 Vero Beach, FLDaytona Beach, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$52,524  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$42,392$69,021
 Family Median Income$83,904  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Vero Beach, FLDaytona Beach, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock17.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock13.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock8.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock2.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Vero Beach, FLDaytona Beach, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.4%6.5%
 Community, social services0.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support31.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock12.9%13.1%
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 13 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 13 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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Reviews for Daytona Beach    18 Reviews

It's important to know there are two Daytonas. There's Daytona Beach, which is where, well, the beach is. Then there's Daytona on the mainland side of things. These are  More

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I moved here in April of 2018 and I'm very happy. I live downtown on the Halifax river/Intracoastal Waterway, by the beautiful marina and the Chart House restaurant. I'm  More

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They also built a Tanger Outlet Store with multiple shops. You can find things to do in Daytona Beach. I think the area gets a very bad rap at times due to Bike Week  More

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