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Vero Beach, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota is 0% more densely populated than Vero Beach.
- People are 15.1% less likely to be married in Sarasota.
- The Median Age is 4.0 years younger in Sarasota.
 Vero Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock53,786329,725,481
 Female Population53.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4938.4
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 Population - 201015,207  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock52,715285,036,114
 Population - 199017,350  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock11.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now2.4%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,653.093.4
 Land Area11.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock9.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vero Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.1%6.1%
 Age 10 to 142.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 649.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 848.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock5.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Vero Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 White81.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock14.9%12.2%
 Asian1.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock15.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vero Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Married Population49.1%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock58.3%50.2%
 Never Married25.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed8.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.102.60
 Households7,608  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock12,14380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children21.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock52.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households3,879  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.0%  Unlock10.8%
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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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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