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Vero Beach, FL vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton is 0% more densely populated than Vero Beach.
- People are 9.4% more likely to be married in Thornton.
- The Median Age is 19.3 years younger in Thornton.
 Vero Beach, FLThornton, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock140,538329,725,481
 Female Population53.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.738.4
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 Population - 201015,207  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock82,384285,036,114
 Population - 199017,350  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock79.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now2.4%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,980.693.4
 Land Area11.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock2.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vero Beach, FLThornton, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 142.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 649.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 848.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock0.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Vero Beach, FLThornton, COUnited States
 White81.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.8%12.2%
 Asian1.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock36.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vero Beach, FLThornton, COUnited States
 Married Population49.1%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock46.3%50.2%
 Never Married25.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.5%10.8%
 Widowed8.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.942.60
 Households7,608  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock34,01580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children21.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households3,879  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock15.7%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 Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 6 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 11 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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