Indian River County, Florida (FL)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.2%), Retail trade (13.9%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Indian River County, Florida business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Indian River County, Florida:

Median resident age:	47.0 years
Florida median age:	38.7 years

Males: 54,633	(48.4%)
Females: 58,314	(51.6%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $276,650

Here:	$276,650
State:	$275,879

Townhouses or other attached units: $216,457

Here:	$216,457
State:	$195,815

In 2-unit structures: $133,112

Here:	$133,112
State:	$200,248

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $225,317

Here:	$225,317
State:	$172,083

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $383,014

Here:	$383,014
State:	$221,364

Mobile homes: $67,844

Here:	$67,844
State:	$43,568

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 22
• Robberies: 65
• Assaults: 211
• Burglaries: 660
• Thefts: 2079
• Auto thefts: 191

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 52
• Robberies: 35
• Assaults: 271
• Burglaries: 590
• Thefts: 2048
• Auto thefts: 167

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,786 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,313 (0.8%)

Area name: Vero Beach, FL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Indian River County is $554 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $706 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $879 a month.

Cities in this county include: Vero Beach South, Vero Beach, Sebastian, Florida Ridge, West Vero Corridor, Gifford, Fellsmere, South Beach, Indian River Shores, Roseland.

Neighboring counties: Brevard County , Okeechobee County , Osceola County , St. Lucie County .

Current college students: 3,733
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 9,151 (45% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,383
• One, attached: 1,857
• Two: 1,251
• 3 or 4: 1,811
• 5 to 9: 2,698
• 10 to 19: 5,105
• 20 or more: 3,927
• Mobile homes: 6,786
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 84

Housing units in Indian River County with a mortgage: 16,871 (1,763 second mortgage, 1,557 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,390

Religion statistics:

Here		50.8%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Indian River County:

Tornado activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 36,099 (80%) Carpooled: 5,495 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 118 (0%) Taxi: 48 (0%) Motorcycle: 132 (0%) Bicycle: 312 (1%) Walked: 579 (1%) Other means: 407 (1%) Worked at home: 1,686 (4%)

9.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($79,017 average adjusted gross income)

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($378 average AGI)

Indian River County:	0.07%
Florida average:	0.22%

4.68% relocated from other counties in Florida ($29,283 average AGI)
4.66% relocated from other states ($49,357 average AGI)

Indian River County:	4.66%
Florida average:	4.24%

from St. Lucie County, FL	1.18% ($46,340 average AGI)
from Brevard County, FL	0.73% ($47,103)
from Palm Beach County, FL	0.61% ($58,591)
from Broward County, FL	0.55% ($53,849)
from Miami-Dade County, FL	0.25% ($69,718)
from Martin County, FL	0.20% ($189,376)
from Orange County, FL	0.19% ($47,372)

7.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,494 average adjusted gross income)

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($255 average AGI)

Indian River County:	0.08%
Florida average:	0.12%

3.26% relocated to other counties in Florida ($17,445 average AGI)
3.73% relocated to other states ($28,794 average AGI)

Indian River County:	3.73%
Florida average:	3.31%

to St. Lucie County, FL	0.72% ($31,616 average AGI)
to Brevard County, FL	0.61% ($41,116)
to Orange County, FL	0.24% ($31,825)
to Palm Beach County, FL	0.19% ($54,722)
to Broward County, FL	0.17% ($39,671)
to Hillsborough County, FL	0.11% ($36,887)
to Duval County, FL	0.10% ($38,271)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.6

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 32,651 (30,142 aged, 2,509 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 42.5. This is less than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 157.1. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 91,541 (25,877 male householders, 7,024 female householders)

  27,153 spouses, 24,415 children (22,319 natural, 720 adopted, 1,376 stepchildren), 1,953 grandchildren, 855 brothers or sisters, 728 parents, 1,605 other relatives, 1,931 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 19,108 (6,723 male householders (5,287 living alone)), 9,572 female householders (8,564 living alone)), 2,813 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,298 (1,285 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,404 2-persons, 5,916 3-persons, 4,422 4-persons, 2,082 5-persons, 696 6-persons, 381 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,851 1-person, 2,170 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

89.6% of residents of Indian River County speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.93 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

53% of Indian River County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Florida.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 31427
• Northeast: 36533
• Midwest: 17231
• South: 15020
• West: 2397

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,700

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,433
• Number of aged recipients: 146
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,287
• Number of recipients under 18: 307
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 859
• Number of recipients older than 64: 267
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 520
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 624

Indian River County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"

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