Samsula-Spruce Creek vs South Daytona

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

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

South Daytona has the higher population (13,322 vs 5,174 in Samsula-Spruce Creek). Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher median household income ($90,575 vs $54,931 in South Daytona). Samsula-Spruce Creek has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $210,500 in South Daytona).

Population, income & housing

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
Population	5,174	13,322
Median age	59.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,575	$54,931
Median home value	$384,100	$210,500
Median gross rent	$2,440	$1,287
Housing units	2,289	7,102
Homeownership rate	87.2%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
Population	5,637 → 5,174 (-8.2%)	12,879 → 13,322 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$88,257 → $90,575 (+2.6%)	$40,632 → $54,931 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$329,100 → $384,100 (+16.7%)	$146,800 → $210,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,508 → $2,440 (+61.8%)	$995 → $1,287 (+29.3%)

Samsula-Spruce Creek

Population

5,6375,174

Median household income

$88,257$90,575

Median home value

$329,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,508$2,440

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)

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
Under 5	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	29.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	13.0%
75 and over	16.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
Drove alone	83.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.8%	11.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
1-unit, detached	76.1%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Samsula-Spruce Creek	South Daytona
Poverty rate	5.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1988	1977