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Indian River Estates, Florida.

A community in St. Lucie County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Indian River Estates, St. Lucie County, Florida

Indian River Estates, in St. Lucie County, had 6,584 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $64,063 a year and half less, against $71,457 across St. Lucie County. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in St. Lucie County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in St. Lucie County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 6,584 in the 2020 census
Household income $64,063 the median, give or take $15,660 · St. Lucie County: $71,457
Unemployment 5.3% St. Lucie County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 2,975households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in St. Lucie County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Lucie County had 92,116 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 73° and 57°; warmest in August, 89° and 77° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 73° 57° F M A M J J A 89° 77° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 73° and 57°; warmest in August, 89° and 77° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 73° 57° F M A M J J A 89° 77° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 73° and lows near 57°; warmest in August, with highs near 89° and lows near 77°. About 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Nettles Is weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in St. Lucie County

  1. St. Lucie SchoolsSchool district5,606FTE
  2. CC Tradition HospitalHealth care1,668
  3. HCA FL Lawnwood HospitalGeneral hospital1,417FTE
  4. Indian River State CollegeUniversity or college1,378
  5. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,095
  6. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage1,082
  7. HCA Florida St. Lucie HospitalGeneral hospital824FTE
  8. MalibuBoat yards542

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 187 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 25,249 people in all across the county; Indian River Estates has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Indian River Estates’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.