Work & commute · Daytona Beach

Work & commute in Daytona Beach, FL

About one in 3 of Daytona Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ormond Beach (7%), DeLand (5%) and Port Orange (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

8,091 of 27,903 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,812 Daytona Beach residents head out of town to work, 8,091 work right here, and 40,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Daytona Beach.

19,812live here, work elsewhere

8,091live and work here

40,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Daytona Beach goes to work

Daytona Beach (in town)right here

29%8,091

Ormond Beach7.5 mi away

7%2,014

DeLand16.3 mi away

5%1,495

Port Orange7.4 mi away

5%1,403

Jacksonville86.1 mi away

4%1,068

Orlando51.5 mi away

3%961

South Daytona5.8 mi away

3%698

Holly Hill4.8 mi away

2%652

New Smyrna Beach14.1 mi away

2%458

Palm Coast25.5 mi away

1%354

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%10,709

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Daytona Beach commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

11%

31%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Daytona Beach is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Daytona Beach are

48,944 jobs are based in Daytona Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Daytona Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Daytona Beach

48,944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Daytona Beach residents hold

27,903 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+14%

Jobs based in Daytona Beach, 2013 → 2023: 42,799 → 48,944. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.