Deltona vs New Smyrna Beach

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

Deltona 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.

Deltona has the higher population (95,682 vs 31,212 in New Smyrna Beach). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median household income ($78,373 vs $72,967 in Deltona). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $254,100 in Deltona).

Population, income & housing

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
Population	95,682	31,212
Median age	38.3 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,967	$78,373
Median home value	$254,100	$365,900
Median gross rent	$1,547	$1,638
Housing units	34,662	21,876
Homeownership rate	79.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
Population	90,403 → 95,682 (+5.8%)	26,457 → 31,212 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$52,616 → $72,967 (+38.7%)	$57,043 → $78,373 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $254,100 (+63.9%)	$256,100 → $365,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,547 (+31.8%)	$1,129 → $1,638 (+45.1%)

Deltona

Population

90,40395,682

Median household income

$52,616$72,967

Median home value

$155,000$254,100

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,547

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)

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	7.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	19.7%
75 and over	6.6%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	44.6%	84.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
Drove alone	74.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.5%	19.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
1-unit, detached	93.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Deltona	New Smyrna Beach
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.87	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1988	1989