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Cost of living in Daytona Beach, FL

The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area (739,516 people) ranks #69 of 149 for prices among the U.S. metro areas we cover. Here's what it costs to live there.

By Data reviewed Data: Census ACS, BEA, BLS, NOAA, IRS, FEMA (methodology)

New York, NY: price level 112.6Los Angeles, CA: price level 113.6Chicago, IL: price level 103.6Dallas, TX: price level 103.1Houston, TX: price level 98.6Miami, FL: price level 114.2Washington, D.C.: price level 108.9Atlanta, GA: price level 100.1Philadelphia, PA: price level 102.6Phoenix, AZ: price level 103.3Boston, MA: price level 108.3Riverside, CA: price level 106.4San Francisco, CA: price level 115.6Detroit, MI: price level 100.3Seattle, WA: price level 111.1Minneapolis, MN: price level 104.8Tampa, FL: price level 100.9San Diego, CA: price level 111.9Denver, CO: price level 105.8Orlando, FL: price level 101.4Charlotte, NC: price level 97.3Baltimore, MD: price level 104.5St. Louis, MO: price level 95.1San Antonio, TX: price level 94.7Austin, TX: price level 98.1Portland, OR: price level 105.4Sacramento, CA: price level 106.7Pittsburgh, PA: price level 94.7Las Vegas, NV: price level 100.2Cincinnati, OH: price level 95.4Kansas City, MO: price level 92.5Columbus, OH: price level 95.5Indianapolis, IN: price level 95.7Cleveland, OH: price level 93.9Nashville, TN: price level 96.3San Jose, CA: price level 110.4Virginia Beach, VA: price level 97.9Jacksonville, FL: price level 99.5Providence, RI: price level 101.8Milwaukee, WI: price level 96.9Raleigh, NC: price level 98.2Oklahoma City, OK: price level 90.4Louisville, KY: price level 93.1Richmond, VA: price level 97.9Memphis, TN: price level 92.2Salt Lake City, UT: price level 100.9Birmingham, AL: price level 91.6Fresno, CA: price level 102.2Grand Rapids, MI: price level 95.5Hartford, CT: price level 102.7Buffalo, NY: price level 95.8Tucson, AZ: price level 96.9Tulsa, OK: price level 89.2Rochester, NY: price level 97.0Omaha, NE: price level 91.9Honolulu, HI: price level 111.0Greenville, SC: price level 93.3Bridgeport, CT: price level 106.9New Orleans, LA: price level 92.6Knoxville, TN: price level 92.6Sarasota, FL: price level 102.4Albuquerque, NM: price level 95.5Bakersfield, CA: price level 100.9McAllen, TX: price level 85.9Albany, NY: price level 99.6Allentown, PA: price level 100.0Baton Rouge, LA: price level 90.8Worcester, MA: price level 102.5El Paso, TX: price level 89.9Columbia, SC: price level 93.7Charleston, SC: price level 101.0Cape Coral, FL: price level 102.3Lakeland, FL: price level 97.1Boise, ID: price level 98.4Oxnard, CA: price level 110.5Dayton, OH: price level 92.7Stockton, CA: price level 105.1Greensboro, NC: price level 92.9Colorado Springs, CO: price level 100.7Little Rock, AR: price level 89.4Provo, UT: price level 98.2Des Moines, IA: price level 91.7Daytona Beach, FL: price level 99.4Poughkeepsie, NY: price level 109.4Madison, WI: price level 97.3Winston-Salem, NC: price level 92.0Akron, OH: price level 93.4Ogden, UT: price level 100.3Wichita, KS: price level 88.9Palm Bay, FL: price level 100.0Syracuse, NY: price level 95.7Augusta, GA: price level 91.9Durham, NC: price level 97.6Harrisburg, PA: price level 98.7Jackson, MS: price level 89.0Fayetteville, AR: price level 91.4Spokane, WA: price level 100.3Toledo, OH: price level 91.5Chattanooga, TN: price level 91.5New Haven, CT: price level 104.6Reno, NV: price level 101.0Portland, ME: price level 101.9Port St. Lucie, FL: price level 100.2Huntsville, AL: price level 93.1Pensacola, FL: price level 97.7Lexington, KY: price level 92.9Killeen, TX: price level 91.1Springfield, MO: price level 88.6Santa Rosa, CA: price level 107.8Wilmington, NC: price level 96.4Fort Wayne, IN: price level 92.6Vallejo, CA: price level 108.5Santa Barbara, CA: price level 108.8Salinas, CA: price level 109.0Savannah, GA: price level 95.2Manchester, NH: price level 105.7Ocala, FL: price level 95.2Asheville, NC: price level 96.5Naples, FL: price level 103.2Myrtle Beach, SC: price level 93.6Anchorage, AK: price level 105.4Spartanburg, SC: price level 91.1Fayetteville, NC: price level 92.0Trenton, NJ: price level 103.2Eugene, OR: price level 101.6Fort Collins, CO: price level 101.1Ann Arbor, MI: price level 100.9Greeley, CO: price level 100.2Gainesville, FL: price level 96.7Clarksville, TN: price level 90.9Boulder, CO: price level 105.2Columbus, GA: price level 89.3Crestview, FL: price level 97.0Sioux Falls, SD: price level 90.6Olympia, WA: price level 103.7Norwich, CT: price level 100.4Bremerton, WA: price level 105.6Fargo, ND: price level 90.9Bend, OR: price level 103.6Daphne, AL: price level 94.7Prescott, AZ: price level 98.3Hilton Head Island, SC: price level 98.0Burlington, VT: price level 100.9Panama City, FL: price level 97.3Jacksonville, NC: price level 92.1Punta Gorda, FL: price level 100.5Billings, MT: price level 93.5The Villages, FL: price level 85.4Cheyenne, WY: price level 96.5

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Salary to match $75k
$74,500
vs. an average-priced, no-income-tax area
Median rent
$1,614
per month · need $64,560 income
Median home
$362,600
need about $101,051 to buy

Compare Daytona Beach with your city

See what you'd need to earn in Daytona Beach to keep your lifestyle, after taxes and local prices. The calculator starts from Orlando, FL, which sends the most households here of the metros we cover (IRS, 2022–2023), at about its median household income. Pick your own city and salary.

Equal salary in Daytona Beach: $78,200

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To keep the same lifestyle, you need about $78,200 in Daytona Beach, FL to match $80,000 in Orlando, FL ($1,800 less), after 2026 taxes and local prices.

Single filer, W-2 salary. Both are in Florida, which has no state income tax on wages; neither city levies a resident income tax.

Take-home in Orlando
$65,110
18.6% total tax
Take-home in Daytona Beach
$65,110
18.6% total tax
Prices in Daytona Beach
-2.0%
vs Orlando (BEA 2024)
Renting: change after selected costs
+$3,156
per year, after taxes, rent and power; excludes food, transport, healthcare, child care and moving costs

See the full Orlando to Daytona Beach report

What things cost in Daytona Beach

Price level by category (U.S. = 100)
Below the U.S. average Above the U.S. average
Overall99.4
Housing108.4
Goods96.2
Utilities87.6
Other services98.9

The vertical line marks the U.S. average (100). BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 for the metropolitan area.

Taxes in Daytona Beach

On a $75,000 salary (about the area's median household income), a single filer keeps $61,593 after 2026 federal tax ($7,670), Social Security and Medicare ($5,738). Florida has no state income tax on wages.

Housing

MeasureDaytona Beach area
Median rent$1,614/mo
Median home value$362,600
Median property tax$2,760/yr
Monthly cost to own the median home (20% down)$2,358
Median household income$73,701

Climate and jobs in Daytona Beach

In the Daytona Beach area the average January low is 49°F and the average July high 90°F, and the area has about 65 days a year at 90°F or hotter. Unemployment averaged 4.6% in 2025, above the U.S. rate (4.3%), and the median wage across all jobs was $44,940 a year, 12% below the U.S. median.

Climate in the Daytona Beach area: NOAA 1991–2020 normals
Climate1991–2020 average
January low49°F
July high90°F
Days 90°F or hotter65 a year
Precipitation51 in a year
SnowfallNot measured
Jobs and pay in the Daytona Beach area compared with the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Jobs and payMetro areaU.S.
Unemployment rate, 2025 average4.6%4.3%
Median wage, all jobs (May 2025)$44,940$50,980
Wage and salary jobs (May 2025)219,740155.5 million

Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 averages at the Daytona Beach International Airport station (USW00012834); no nearby station has a snowfall normal. Weather varies across a metro area, especially with elevation and distance from the coast. Jobs: unemployment from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics; wages and job counts from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, which count wage and salary jobs, not the self-employed; wages are before taxes. The 2025 average covers 11 months: October 2025 data were not collected during the federal government shutdown.

Retiring in Daytona Beach

A single retiree spends about $3,152 a month here if they own their home outright, or $4,241 renting, based on typical spending for households 65 and older (BLS 2024) adjusted for local prices. See where your budget goes furthest.

Where people move to and from Daytona Beach

Leaving Daytona Beach for… (households)
Orlando3,739
Jacksonville1,299
Tampa636
Miami602
Palm Bay461
Ocala280
Lakeland252
New York248
Moving to Daytona Beach from… (households)
Orlando5,884
Miami1,397
Jacksonville1,314
New York1,288
Tampa595
Palm Bay462
Lakeland294
Atlanta243

IRS county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023, aggregated to the 149 metro areas we cover.

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates the Daytona Beach area among the highest for natural hazard risk (score 93.9 of 100), with expected losses of about $356 per resident per year. Disaster risk by county in Florida.

Highest relative risks (national percentile)
Higher risk than most U.S. counties
Hurricane98
Lightning95
Tornado95
Wildfire95
Riverine flooding93

The vertical line marks the middle of U.S. counties (50).

Frequently asked questions

What salary do you need to live in Daytona Beach?

To match the buying power of $75,000 in an average-priced area with no state income tax, you need about $74,500 in Daytona Beach. Renting the median home at 30% of income takes $64,560, and buying the median home with 20% down takes about $101,051.

Is Daytona Beach expensive?

The Daytona Beach metro area's price level is 99.4 (U.S. = 100), #69 of the 149 metro areas we cover, from most to least expensive. Its housing price index is 108.4, 8% above the U.S. average.

Are people moving to Daytona Beach?

Counting moves to and from the other 148 metro areas we cover, Daytona Beach had a net gain of about 5,418 households in 2022–2023 (IRS county migration data).

What is the weather like in Daytona Beach?

In NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the Daytona Beach area (Daytona Beach International Airport weather station), the average January low is 49°F and the average July high 90°F. The area has about 65 days a year at 90°F or hotter and gets 51 inches of precipitation a year.

What are jobs and pay like in Daytona Beach?

The Daytona Beach metro area's unemployment rate averaged 4.6% in 2025, above the U.S. rate (4.3%). The median wage across all jobs was $44,940 a year in May 2025, 12% below the U.S. median of $50,980 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

What natural disasters affect Daytona Beach?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the area among the highest overall (score 93.9). The highest relative risks are hurricane, lightning, tornado.

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