Wabasso is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Indian River County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wabasso had a population of 1,627. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 1 and SR 510.
Wabasso is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
A post office called Wabasso has been in operation since 1898. The name Wabasso is derived from Ossabaw, Georgia, with the spelling reversed.
Geography
Wabasso is located in northeastern Indian River County. It is bordered to the north by Sebastian and to the south by Winter Beach. To the east, across the tidal Indian River, is Wabasso Beach. U.S. Route 1 leads south from Wabasso to Vero Beach, the county seat, and north to Melbourne.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wabasso CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wabasso had a population of 1,627. The median age was 55.1 years. 17.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 30.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.4 males age 18 and over.
91.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 8.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 675 households in Wabasso, of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.1% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 1,004 || 61.7%
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| Black or African American || 400 || 24.6%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 8 || 0.5%
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| Asian || 28 || 1.7%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 56 || 3.4%
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| Two or more races || 131 || 8.1%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 142 || 8.7%
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2000 census
As of the census