Daytona Beach Shores vs Samsula-Spruce Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Daytona Beach Shores and Samsula-Spruce Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher population (5,174 vs 5,139 in Daytona Beach Shores). Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher median household income ($90,575 vs $70,911 in Daytona Beach Shores). Daytona Beach Shores has the higher median home value ($410,800 vs $384,100 in Samsula-Spruce Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	5,139	5,174
Median age	64.8 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,911	$90,575
Median home value	$410,800	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,461	$2,440
Housing units	6,400	2,289
Homeownership rate	70.6%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Population	4,483 → 5,139 (+14.6%)	5,637 → 5,174 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $70,911 (+29.1%)	$88,257 → $90,575 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$294,400 → $410,800 (+39.5%)	$329,100 → $384,100 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,461 (+47.1%)	$1,508 → $2,440 (+61.8%)

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

Samsula-Spruce Creek

Population

5,6375,174

Median household income

$88,257$90,575

Median home value

$329,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,508$2,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Under 5	1.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	1.8%	9.2%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	4.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	24.8%	29.9%
65 to 74	25.4%	18.0%
75 and over	24.1%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Drove alone	60.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	14.8%
Other means	4.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
1-unit, detached	8.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	82.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Daytona Beach Shores	Samsula-Spruce Creek
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.5%
Average household size	1.64	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1986	1988