172,139 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.3% since 2020)
503 square miles of land · 343 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
3 active community water systems list Indian River County in the area they serve, reporting 167,409 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| INDIAN RIVER COUNTY UTILITIES (2 WTPS) groundwater · local government · FL3314052 | 126,893 served |
| VERO BEACH, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3310206 | 37,308 served |
| FELLSMERE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3314280 | 3,208 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 447 people were held in Indian River County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 523.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Indian River County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $234.2 million — $203.7 million to run schools, about $11,843 per student, plus $25 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $162.3 million local (mostly property tax), $47 million state, $39.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $82.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Indian River County about $163.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
121 bridges in Indian River County: 92 in good condition, 27 fair, and 2 poor (1.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR-A1A over Sebastian Inlet · built 1964 | 3,214 vehicles a day |
| CR-619 82ND AVE. over RELIEF CANAL · built 1964 | 600 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $85.3 million of work in Indian River County in fiscal 2025, about $534 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Indian River County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Indian River County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: St. Lucie County (24 mi) · Okeechobee County (29 mi) · Brevard County (42 mi) · Osceola County (42 mi) · Martin County (44 mi) · Highlands County (53 mi).