DeLand Southwest vs Pierson

A side-by-side comparison of DeLand Southwest and Pierson: population, income, housing, and more.

DeLand Southwest and Pierson are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pierson has the higher population (1,456 vs 1,042 in DeLand Southwest). Pierson has the higher median household income ($47,652 vs $40,670 in DeLand Southwest). DeLand Southwest has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $243,100 in Pierson).

Population, income & housing

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
Population	1,042	1,456
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,670	$47,652
Median home value	$262,500	$243,100
Median gross rent	$1,305	—
Housing units	447	541
Homeownership rate	58.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
Population	923 → 1,042 (+12.9%)	1,518 → 1,456 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$30,938 → $40,670 (+31.5%)	$38,015 → $47,652 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $262,500 (+158.9%)	$124,600 → $243,100 (+95.1%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,305 (+63.5%)	—

DeLand Southwest

Population

9231,042

Median household income

$30,938$40,670

Median home value

$101,400$262,500

Median gross rent

$798$1,305

Pierson

Population

1,5181,456

Median household income

$38,015$47,652

Median home value

$124,600$243,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
Under 5	3.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	24.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	24.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.7%
75 and over	10.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	36.7%
Black or African American	37.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	62.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
No high school diploma	33.1%	31.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
Drove alone	75.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.0%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
1-unit, detached	66.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	DeLand Southwest	Pierson
Poverty rate	44.0%	25.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1961	1976