Orange City vs South Daytona

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

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

Orange City has the higher population (13,768 vs 13,322 in South Daytona). South Daytona has the higher median household income ($54,931 vs $51,077 in Orange City). Orange City has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $210,500 in South Daytona).

Population, income & housing

	Orange City	South Daytona
Population	13,768	13,322
Median age	45.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,077	$54,931
Median home value	$241,800	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,287
Housing units	6,961	7,102
Homeownership rate	54.9%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange City	South Daytona
Population	11,990 → 13,768 (+14.8%)	12,879 → 13,322 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,450 → $51,077 (+26.3%)	$40,632 → $54,931 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $241,800 (+107.4%)	$146,800 → $210,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,540 (+36.2%)	$995 → $1,287 (+29.3%)

Orange City

Population

11,99013,768

Median household income

$40,450$51,077

Median home value

$116,600$241,800

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,540

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)

	Orange City	South Daytona
Under 5	5.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.0%
75 and over	16.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange City	South Daytona
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange City	South Daytona
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.5%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange City	South Daytona
Drove alone	79.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange City	South Daytona
1-unit, detached	46.4%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	16.8%
20 or more units	12.9%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Orange City	South Daytona
Poverty rate	13.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1991	1977