With 13,543 people, South Daytona is a city in Florida. The median age is 48.5, about 10 years above the US median. About 25% of adults have finished a four-year degree. There are 3,659 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $222,200, having roughly tripled since 2000. Households here earn about 24% less than in Florida as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,579, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 48.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 58%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about South Daytona
What changed most since 1990
Black share3.3% → 11.2%(+7.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate10.3% → 16.9%(+6.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age38.5 → 48.5(+10.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
South Daytona's population equals 2.3% of Volusia County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.4% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 2.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15%(175)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.5%(216)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.3%(389)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2%(23)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,167 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
South Daytona, decade by decade
South Daytona population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,482
$59,675
$160,565
11.8%
14.3
2000
13,177
$56,799
$140,996
14.1%
30.4
2010
12,252
$54,204
$240,673
14.7%
42.1
2020
12,865
$52,470
$175,018
20.0%
52.1
2024
13,543
$56,579
$222,200
24.8%
52.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
