Daytona Beach vs New Smyrna Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Daytona Beach has the higher population (75,924 vs 31,212 in New Smyrna Beach). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median household income ($78,373 vs $50,130 in Daytona Beach). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $244,300 in Daytona Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
Population	75,924	31,212
Median age	39.8 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,130	$78,373
Median home value	$244,300	$365,900
Median gross rent	$1,239	$1,638
Housing units	40,362	21,876
Homeownership rate	46.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
Population	67,604 → 75,924 (+12.3%)	26,457 → 31,212 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$35,893 → $50,130 (+39.7%)	$57,043 → $78,373 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $244,300 (+59.7%)	$256,100 → $365,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,239 (+32.7%)	$1,129 → $1,638 (+45.1%)

Daytona Beach

Population

67,60475,924

Median household income

$35,893$50,130

Median home value

$153,000$244,300

Median gross rent

$934$1,239

New Smyrna Beach

Population

26,45731,212

Median household income

$57,043$78,373

Median home value

$256,100$365,900

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	20.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	19.7%
75 and over	8.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	84.5%
Black or African American	31.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
Drove alone	74.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	19.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
1-unit, detached	42.9%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	17.5%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Daytona Beach	New Smyrna Beach
Poverty rate	21.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.10	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1980	1989