Work & commute · South Daytona

Work & commute in South Daytona, FL

Most working residents leave South Daytona for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Daytona Beach (25%), Port Orange (9%) and DeLand (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

315 of 5,422 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,107 South Daytona residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 4,329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Daytona.

5,107live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

4,329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Daytona goes to work

Daytona Beach5.8 mi away

25%1,360

Port Orange3.7 mi away

9%504

DeLand19.6 mi away

6%338

South Daytona (in town)right here

6%315

Ormond Beach10.8 mi away

5%269

Orlando51.6 mi away

3%159

Jacksonville89.9 mi away

3%157

New Smyrna Beach9.9 mi away

3%138

Holly Hill6 mi away

2%91

Edgewater15 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,010

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

How far

How far South Daytona commutes

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

49%

14%

10%

26%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Daytona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Daytona are

4,644 jobs are based in South Daytona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Daytona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Daytona

4,644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs South Daytona residents hold

5,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+41%

Jobs based in South Daytona, 2013 → 2023: 3,282 → 4,644. 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.