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South Beach is a small town of 3,063 people in Indian River County, Florida. It's about 17 miles from Sebastian, FL and 80 miles from Orlando, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 73°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $901k and rent runs about $4k a month.
3,063people
$901kTypical home
$3,501/moRent
90° / 73°Summer / winter
0"Snow
292Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,063
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,127 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to Orlando, FL
- 17 mi to Sebastian, FL
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $901k (≈$5,680/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $194k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 73°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 75°F)
- 292 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 73 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (143 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (658 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 68
- 9% of households have kids
- 53% are 65 or older
- 62% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to VRB airport
- 63 mi to DJT (major hub)
- 38 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 7 ft
- Right on the coast
- 37 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 74 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 399 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 22 bars within 25 mi
- 76 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of Florida districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Indian River County: R+27 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk