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Wabasso Beach, Florida.

A community in Indian River County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Indian River County’s.

Living in Wabasso Beach, Indian River County, Florida

Wabasso Beach, in Indian River County, had 2,194 people in the 2020 census. 98% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 2% are rented. Unemployment in Indian River County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Indian River County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,194 in the 2020 census; median age 70.7
Household income Too few homes in Wabasso Beach for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.6% Indian River County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 98% lived in by their owners; 2% rented
  • 1,149households
  • 4%work from home

What people in Indian River County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Indian River County had 57,576 jobs in 2025, 0.1% 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 54°; warmest in July, 91° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 73° 54° F M A M J J 91° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 73° and 54°; warmest in July, 91° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 73° 54° F M A M J J 91° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 73° and lows near 54°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 75°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vero Beach 4SE weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Indian River County

  1. School District of Indian River County2,234
  2. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital **2,027
  3. Indian River County *1,455
  4. Piper Aircraft, Inc.1,400
  5. Publix Supermarkets1,380
  6. Wal-Mart806
  7. Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital***750
  8. Visiting Nurse Association500

From Indian River County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Indian River County Chamber of Commerce and Indian River County annual budgets for number of employees for principal employers”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wabasso Beach’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. 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. More on Indian River County.