Edgewater vs New Smyrna Beach

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

Edgewater 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.

New Smyrna Beach has the higher population (31,212 vs 23,314 in Edgewater). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median household income ($78,373 vs $58,805 in Edgewater). New Smyrna Beach has the higher median home value ($365,900 vs $238,700 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
Population	23,314	31,212
Median age	54.7 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,805	$78,373
Median home value	$238,700	$365,900
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,638
Housing units	12,024	21,876
Homeownership rate	89.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
Population	23,324 → 23,314 (-0.0%)	26,457 → 31,212 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$49,878 → $58,805 (+17.9%)	$57,043 → $78,373 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $238,700 (+53.1%)	$256,100 → $365,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,392 (+28.2%)	$1,129 → $1,638 (+45.1%)

Edgewater

Population

23,32423,314

Median household income

$49,878$58,805

Median home value

$155,900$238,700

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,392

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)

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
Under 5	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	19.0%	19.7%
75 and over	14.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	84.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
Drove alone	82.3%	68.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	19.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
1-unit, detached	81.2%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	New Smyrna Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1987	1989