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Vero Beach, FL vs New Smyrna Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in New Smyrna Beach, is 22% more than it is in Vero Beach and is 4% below the National Average.
- Vero Beach unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- New Smyrna Beach unemployment rate is 5.1%.
 Vero Beach, FLNew Smyrna Beach, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.1%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$66,159$69,021
 Family Median Income$83,904  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Vero Beach, FLNew Smyrna Beach, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock8.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock7.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Vero Beach, FLNew Smyrna Beach, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock6.0%6.5%
 Community, social services0.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library6.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support31.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock6.7%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 New Smyrna Beach    7 Reviews

I am originally from CT. I moved to Estero ( near Naples, FL) in 2002. It was nice but there was barely any cool weather in the Winter. I was 40 when I moved there and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Houses are more here because of the coastline (beechside very expensive). Inlanf Florida offers better deals and lower  More

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Over 16 years ago

My wife and i are relocating the the east central coast of Florida very soon, most likely somewhere between Port Orange and Vero Beach. I just find it incredible that  More

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