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Cost of living in Daytona Beach
Housing is close to the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,239/mo
8% below US
Median home value
$244,300
19% below US
Median household income
$50,130
36% below US
Rent as share of income
30%
US 21%
Home price to income
4.9×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
6.5%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Daytona Beach compares
- Daytona Beach$1,239
- Florida$1,564
- United States$1,348
- Orlando$1,650
- Gainesville$1,214
- Palm Bay$1,487
- Fort Myers$1,442
- Delray Beach$1,914
- Tallahassee$1,238
- Pembroke Pines$1,910
- Hialeah$1,558
- Daytona Beach$244,300
- Florida$325,000
- United States$303,400
- Orlando$359,000
- Gainesville$235,000
- Palm Bay$248,000
- Fort Myers$351,600
- Delray Beach$386,700
- Tallahassee$276,000
- Pembroke Pines$411,700
- Hialeah$359,200
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Life in Daytona Beach
Questions
Is Daytona Beach expensive to live in?
Housing in Daytona Beach is close to the national average: median rent is $1,239 (8% below US) and the median home value is $244,300 (19% below US).
How much is rent in Daytona Beach?
The median gross rent is $1,239 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,258, 1 bedroom $1,363, 2 bedrooms $1,673, 3 bedrooms $2,204, 4 bedrooms $2,403.
How much of their income do renters spend in Daytona Beach?
At the median, a year’s rent ($14,868) equals about 30% of the median household income ($50,130); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Daytona Beach?
Sales tax is 6.5% and property taxes run about 0.71% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; Florida Department of Revenue - Discretionary Sales Surtax Information for Calendar Year 2026 (DR-15DSS, R. 11/25).