Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+27%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 166,9362024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,4912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, FLOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 35,644 | 62,734 | 99,003 | ||
| R | 37,844 | 58,872 | 97,484 | ||
| R | 29,043 | 48,620 | 80,009 | ||
| R | 27,492 | 43,450 | 71,464 | ||
| R | 29,710 | 40,176 | 70,591 | ||
| R | 23,956 | 36,938 | 61,414 | ||
| R | 19,769 | 28,639 | 49,627 | ||
| R | 16,375 | 22,714 | 43,972 | ||
| R | 12,360 | 19,140 | 43,962 | ||
| R | 10,451 | 24,630 | 35,333 | ||
| R | 8,736 | 23,716 | 32,452 | ||
| R | 7,759 | 15,568 | 24,717 | ||
| R | 8,512 | 9,818 | 18,654 | ||
| R | 3,316 | 11,741 | 15,082 | ||
| R | 3,179 | 6,518 | 12,719 | ||
| R | 5,122 | 6,191 | 11,313 | ||
| R | 2,970 | 4,656 | 7,626 | ||
| R | 1,699 | 4,059 | 5,758 | ||
| R | 1,578 | 3,055 | 4,633 | ||
| R | 1,055 | 1,134 | 2,448 | ||
| D | 1,292 | 759 | 2,051 | ||
| D | 1,487 | 904 | 2,391 | ||
| D | 1,270 | 532 | 1,802 | ||
| D | 1,308 | 446 | 1,754 | ||
| R | 657 | 847 | 1,523 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
German
14.0%
Irish
14.0%
Italian
9.2%
American
8.0%
Polish
3.7%
Scottish
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 55.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,491
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$73,491
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.2%
Working age (18–64)10.6%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
Spanish10.0%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sebastian-Vero Beach sits in Indian River County, one of Florida's most age-skewed metros, where an outsized share of residents are retirees who relocated from northern states, producing a reliably high-turnout electorate that has favored Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL peaked at forty-nine points in 1932. By 1948 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $73,491 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida voted Republican by 27.4 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 99,003 votes cast, 35,644 went Democratic and 62,734 went Republican.
What is Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida has a population of 166,936 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida is $73,491 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.