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Verona Walk, Florida

Verona Walk is an unincorporated community of about 2,700 people in Collier County, Florida, in the Bonita Springs area. It has no city government of its own: local services come from the county, or in some states from the town or township. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Miami, is about 94 miles away as the crow flies.

Suburb of Bonita Springs

Population
2,695
Census survey, 2020-24
Typical home, 2020-24
$598,000
Collier County prices up 11% since 2022
Prices, Naples area
103.2
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
8 miles
Naples, FL
To Miami
94 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 3.2% above the U.S. average in the Naples-Marco Island metro area.
  • More house for the moneyThe Census survey didn't reach enough homes in Verona Walk to say.
  • A safer neighborhoodThe FBI doesn't publish crime figures for unincorporated communities. Call the county sheriff's office (or the town or township police, where there is one) and ask what calls they get most.
  • Schools in townNo public schools inside the town. The nearest high school is Lely High School, about 2 miles away.
  • A hospital close byPhysicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge in Naples, about 8 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityMiami is about 94 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Verona Walk meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

What kind of town

A suburb, not a stand-alone small town

Verona Walk runs into the built-up area around Bonita Springs (Census Bureau, 2020 urban areas). We include suburbs under 20,000 people because some still feel like small towns, but daily life here is closer to the suburbs than to the towns Frank and Dave's book describes. Weigh it against towns farther out.

The book sorts small towns into six types. These labels come only from the numbers; take the quiz to see which type fits your family.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$598,000U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 11%Collier County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$2,335 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Homes owned by the people living in them
86%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$4,644 a yearFlorida: $2,730
Homes built before 1940
0%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
33%U.S.: 11%
Everyday prices
103.2U.S. average = 100 (the Naples-Marco Island metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 11% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Naples-Marco Island metro area, not Verona Walk alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2020-2024 Census survey
2,695The Census Bureau makes yearly estimates only for incorporated towns
Median age
72 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
76%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
7%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
52%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
12%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Professional and business services (13%)
Unemployment rate
3%U.S.: 5%
Below the poverty line
1%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge, Naples, FL, about 8 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 2 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

There are no public schools inside Verona Walk itself. The nearest public high school is Lely High School, about 2 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Florida's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
81%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
94%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
52°F
July average high
90°F
Days 90°F or hotter
121 a year
Nights at or below freezing
0 a year
Rain and melted snow
61.3 inches a year
Snow
0 inches a year
Elevation
11 feet

Weather station: Naples (5 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge, Bonita Springs, Miami.

Collier County is in a metro area of 250,000 to 1 million people (USDA rural-urban code 2, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Everglades National Park19 miles
  • Big Cypress National Preserve21 miles

Read about Verona Walk's history on Wikipedia.

Know Verona Walk?

Tell us what a visitor shouldn't miss, and what living there is really like. Write to Main Street at mainstreet@smalltownguide.com. The best notes from people who know the town will be added here.

Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Winding Cypress, FL (unincorporated)1,160 people, 2 miles
  • Berkshire Lakes, FL (unincorporated)2,064 people, 6 miles
  • Marco Shores-Hammock Bay, FL (unincorporated)794 people, 6 miles
  • Goodland, FL (unincorporated)104 people, 11 miles
  • Pine Ridge, FL (unincorporated)1,910 people, 12 miles
  • Heritage Bay, FL (unincorporated)802 people, 14 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.