Edgewater vs South Daytona

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewater and South Daytona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgewater has the higher population (23,314 vs 13,322 in South Daytona). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($58,805 vs $54,931 in South Daytona). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($238,700 vs $210,500 in South Daytona).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	South Daytona
Population	23,314	13,322
Median age	54.7 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,805	$54,931
Median home value	$238,700	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,287
Housing units	12,024	7,102
Homeownership rate	89.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	South Daytona
Population	23,324 → 23,314 (-0.0%)	12,879 → 13,322 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$49,878 → $58,805 (+17.9%)	$40,632 → $54,931 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $238,700 (+53.1%)	$146,800 → $210,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,392 (+28.2%)	$995 → $1,287 (+29.3%)

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

South Daytona

Population

12,87913,322

Median household income

$40,632$54,931

Median home value

$146,800$210,500

Median gross rent

$995$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	South Daytona
Under 5	4.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	19.0%	13.0%
75 and over	14.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	South Daytona
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	76.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	South Daytona
No high school diploma	6.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.5%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	South Daytona
Drove alone	82.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	South Daytona
1-unit, detached	81.2%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	South Daytona
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977