Work & commute · New Smyrna Beach

Work & commute in New Smyrna Beach, FL

About one in 5 of New Smyrna Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Daytona Beach (10%), DeLand (7%) and Edgewater (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,286 of 11,572 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,286 New Smyrna Beach residents head out of town to work, 2,286 work right here, and 9,090 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Smyrna Beach.

9,286live here, work elsewhere

2,286live and work here

9,090work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Smyrna Beach goes to work

New Smyrna Beach (in town)right here

20%2,286

Daytona Beach14.1 mi away

10%1,184

DeLand20 mi away

7%764

Edgewater5.1 mi away

5%545

Port Orange6.8 mi away

5%528

Orlando44.5 mi away

4%480

Jacksonville99.7 mi away

3%371

Ormond Beach20.6 mi away

2%278

Sanford25.5 mi away

2%184

Tampa117.9 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,775

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

How far

How far New Smyrna Beach commutes

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

31%

24%

18%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Smyrna Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Smyrna Beach are

11,376 jobs are based in New Smyrna Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Smyrna Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Smyrna Beach

11,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs New Smyrna Beach residents hold

11,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+62%

Jobs based in New Smyrna Beach, 2013 → 2023: 7,021 → 11,376. 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.