Daytona Beach Shores vs Ponce Inlet

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

Daytona Beach Shores and Ponce Inlet 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 3,392 in Ponce Inlet). Ponce Inlet has the higher median household income ($100,313 vs $70,911 in Daytona Beach Shores). Ponce Inlet has the higher median home value ($502,100 vs $410,800 in Daytona Beach Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
Population	5,139	3,392
Median age	64.8 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,911	$100,313
Median home value	$410,800	$502,100
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,886
Housing units	6,400	3,102
Homeownership rate	70.6%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
Population	4,483 → 5,139 (+14.6%)	3,230 → 3,392 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $70,911 (+29.1%)	$88,182 → $100,313 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$294,400 → $410,800 (+39.5%)	$375,800 → $502,100 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,461 (+47.1%)	$2,172 → $1,886 (-13.2%)

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

Ponce Inlet

Population

3,2303,392

Median household income

$88,182$100,313

Median home value

$375,800$502,100

Median gross rent

$2,172$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
Under 5	1.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	1.8%	3.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	5.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	24.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	25.4%	30.2%
75 and over	24.1%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
Drove alone	60.7%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	28.6%
Other means	4.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
1-unit, detached	8.8%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	82.8%	58.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Daytona Beach Shores	Ponce Inlet
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.3%
Average household size	1.64	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1986	1993