Pay and cost of living in Flagler County, FL
Across the 2 occupations we cover in Flagler County, FL, the middle median salary is $31,015 a year. Pay runs from $28,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $33,370 for Retail Salespersons, a spread of $4,710. Wages come from the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Flagler County, FL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,376 a month and a two-bedroom $1,758. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $23,874 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $27,049 a year, and every one of the 2 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Flagler County, FL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Flagler County, FL, set beside the Florida and national medians.
Median household income in Flagler County, FL is $77,363, 4% above the Florida median of $74,568 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,512) equals 21.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $31,015, is 60% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Flagler County, FL pay a median of $2,789 a year in real estate taxes, 2% above the Florida median of $2,730. With a median home value of $364,900, 2% above the Florida median of $359,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.76% a year.
Renters in Flagler County, FL pay a median gross rent of $1,722 a month in the Census survey, 3% above the Florida median of $1,669. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,376; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Flagler County, FL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.4 minutes each way, 2% below the Florida average of 28.0. 18.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.