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Ivan Gillis

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 State:     Florida

 

City:       Vero Beach

 

Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939.  It is the county seat of Indian River County. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian--Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 130,100 people.

 

Vero Beach may be best known as the location of Dodgertown, where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in Glendale, Arizona.

 

Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here. Major industries include citrus fruit packing and tourism.

 

According to the World Almanac and Book of Facts, Vero Beach is at the eastern end of a demarcation line that separates Florida's climate into two zones, to the north of the town has a humid subtropical climate and a tropical climate to the south. From Vero Beach, this line stretches straight across the state, with Bradenton, FL on the western end of the demarcation line.

 

Vero Beach is home to more retired Fortune 500 CEO's than any other location in the world and has the fourth highest concentration of wealthy households in the country.  Most of these residents live on the exclusive barrier island that is divided from the mainland by the Indian River.

 

John F. Kennedy Jr. received his flight certification at Vero Beach Municipal Airport and spent much of his leisure time in the oceanside resort town.

 

Vero Beach is known for its outstanding beaches. Part of Florida's Treasure Coast, the beaches combine excellent sand quality with significant surf and tidal action. Vero's main public beach is known as South Beach, accessible at the eastern end of Causeway Boulevard, State Road 656. It is a very large, guarded beach that is used for sports. There are two volleyball courts and plenty of space to play other sports. There are two pavilions with barbecues and a bathroom with vending machines. Another public beach is Humiston Park, in Vero's Central Beach Business District. Humiston is a guarded beach that is suitable for families with small children. They have a big playground for the kids to play on and boardwalks for parents to roam. Jaycee Beach Park is guarded and has an adjacent boardwalk extending southward approximately 2/3 of a mile along Ocean Drive. It has about 15 pavilions all with barbecues. It has a small playground for kids and a long boardwalk that is perfect for exercise. Vero Beach also has numerous other public access trails and walkways permitting beach access. There are two beaches that are great for both surfing and skim boarding. They are Conn Beach, located just south of Jaycee Beach, and Mulligan's that is located at the intersection of Ocean Drive and Barber Street.

 

ro Beach is home to the seventh largest (face to face) bridge club in North America,The Vero Beach Duplicate Bridge Club. Many people now move to Vero Beach principally to play bridge. One can play bridge any day of the week, at numerous public clubs in the county.

 

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

 

Estimated median household income in 2008: $44,996 (it was $38,427 in 2000)

Vero Beach: 

 $44,996

Florida: 

 $47,778


Estimated per capita income in 2008: $38,648

 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $268,555 (it was $121,300 in 2000)

Vero Beach: 

 $268,555

Florida: 

 $218,700


Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $377,388; Detached houses: $422,415; Townhouses or other attached units: $272,528; In 2-unit structures: $154,242; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $146,023; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $243,335; Mobile homes: $30,028

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Vero Beach: 92.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

 
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For the above information and photos, click this link:

 

http://www.city-data.com/city/Vero-Beach-Florida.html

 

Total Tax Burden--Data for Calculation

 

http://www.retirementliving.com/RLstate1.html#FLORIDA

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