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Daytona Beach Shores, FL

Daytona Beach Shores's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

5,139
Residents
$70,911
Median income
$410,800
Median home
$1,526
Median rent (state)
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Sheet FL-DAYTONA-BEACH-SHORES-FL · Daytona Beach Shores, FL 5,139 pop · income 51st pct

POP-TOWN · INC-MID · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-TOWN 5,139
  • INC-MID $70,911
  • COL-PAR 103.4
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-MID 51st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paramount
  • HOME-HIGH $410,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Paramount, CA (+ $1 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Daytona Beach Shores

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Daytona Beach Shores on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Daytona Beach Shores on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,139.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $70,911. Population peers are excluded.

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Daytona Beach Shores - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Daytona Beach Shores lands in the 51st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

51st
percentile, household income
78th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Daytona Beach Shores, FL

5,139 people live in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Daytona Beach Shores report a median income of $70,911 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. Home values in Daytona Beach Shores run a median of $410,800, and the median resident age is 64.8 years. 43.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 33.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 2 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity).

Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Daytona Beach Shores's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Daytona Beach Shores, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Daytona Beach Shores?

Within Florida, the closest population matches are Fussels Corner (5,113 residents, $55,263 income); Fort Meade (5,172 residents, $35,131 income); Samsula-Spruce Creek (5,174 residents, $90,575 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mount Hood Villages, OR (5,139 residents); Hampton, MD (5,138 residents); Kingsford, MI (5,138 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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Question 2

How far does income reach against housing in Daytona Beach Shores?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

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3. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Daytona Beach Shores?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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4. Population change

Is Daytona Beach Shores growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +72 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 2 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

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Population

5,139 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$70,911 /yr

Above median income · poverty 3.1% (Low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

103.4 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average

City profile score · Daytona Beach Shores, FL

56/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate B+
3.1%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share B+
43.3%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income C-
$70,911

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Cost of living F
103.4 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Daytona Beach Shores profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Cost of living. Poverty rateBachelor's+ shareHousehold incomeCost of living 56 C
Daytona Beach Shores profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 78/100 (B+) · 3.1%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.3%
  • Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,911
  • Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index

How does Daytona Beach Shores compare to other US cities?

Here's how Daytona Beach Shores stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 51% higher than other cities
Home value 78% pricier than other cities
Median rent 73% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Daytona Beach Shores against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Florida-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Daytona Beach Shores near the bottom of Florida's cities

Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Daytona Beach Shores ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Daytona Beach Shores only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#415 of 903
54th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#226 of 894
75th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#751 of 930
19th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#203 of 930
78th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

51stIncome percentile
Gauge source note

51st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Daytona Beach Shores's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$410,800 22nd percentile more affordable than 22% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). This entry sits in this band. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Daytona Beach Shores $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Daytona Beach Shores's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.8×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,903 of 15,516
More affordable than 10% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,343 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.8×, Daytona Beach Shores sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,903 of 15,516 and #10,343 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$70,911 Daytona Beach Shores, FL median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Daytona Beach Shores, FL Daytona Beach Shores, FL's median household income ($70,911) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Daytona Beach Shores, FL-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Daytona Beach Shores, FL median $70,911/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Daytona Beach Shores, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Daytona Beach Shores, FL.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 43.3%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 3.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 33.6%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
5,139
Median Income
$70,911
Median Home Value
$410,800
Median Age
64.8
Poverty Rate
3.1%
Labor force participation
33.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.3%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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5,100 residents5,150 residents5,200 residents5,250 residents 202020212022202320242025 5,115 residents 5,187 residents ▲ +1.4%
Daytona Beach Shores's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 5,115 residents
2021 5,149 residents
2022 5,186 residents
2023 5,198 residents
2024 5,196 residents
2025 5,187 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.4
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 0
2020 25
2021 3
2022 2
2023 2
2024 2

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
60.7%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
3.0%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
23.8%
Other
6.3%

Based on 1,630 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).

These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Daytona Beach Shores. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Daytona Beach Shores is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Daytona Beach Shores sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Daytona Beach Shores compares to similar-size Florida cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Daytona Beach Shores (this city) 5,139 $70,911
Fussels Corner 5,113 $55,263
Fort Meade 5,172 $35,131
Samsula-Spruce Creek 5,174 $90,575
Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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