Daytona Beach Shores vs Lake Helen

A side-by-side comparison of Daytona Beach Shores and Lake Helen: population, income, housing, and more.

Daytona Beach Shores and Lake Helen are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Daytona Beach Shores has the higher population (5,139 vs 2,877 in Lake Helen). Lake Helen has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $70,911 in Daytona Beach Shores). Daytona Beach Shores has the higher median home value ($410,800 vs $344,900 in Lake Helen).

Population, income & housing

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
Population	5,139	2,877
Median age	64.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,911	$94,952
Median home value	$410,800	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,255
Housing units	6,400	1,167
Homeownership rate	70.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
Population	4,483 → 5,139 (+14.6%)	2,760 → 2,877 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $70,911 (+29.1%)	$45,057 → $94,952 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$294,400 → $410,800 (+39.5%)	$120,400 → $344,900 (+186.5%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,461 (+47.1%)	$1,063 → $1,255 (+18.1%)

Daytona Beach Shores

Population

4,4835,139

Median household income

$54,922$70,911

Median home value

$294,400$410,800

Median gross rent

$993$1,461

Lake Helen

Population

2,7602,877

Median household income

$45,057$94,952

Median home value

$120,400$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
Under 5	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	1.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	25.4%	17.4%
75 and over	24.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
Drove alone	60.7%	90.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.7%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	6.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
1-unit, detached	8.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	82.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Daytona Beach Shores	Lake Helen
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.4%
Average household size	1.64	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1986	1986