Pay and cost of living in Volusia County, FL
Across the 2 occupations we cover in Volusia 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 Volusia County, FL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,363 a month and a two-bedroom $1,673. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $23,718 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 Volusia County, FL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Volusia County, FL, set beside the Florida and national medians.
Median household income in Volusia County, FL is $70,044, 6% below the Florida median of $74,568 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,356) equals 23.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $31,015, is 56% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Volusia County, FL pay a median of $2,395 a year in real estate taxes, 12% below the Florida median of $2,730. With a median home value of $313,000, 13% below the Florida median of $359,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.77% a year.
Renters in Volusia County, FL pay a median gross rent of $1,467 a month in the Census survey, 12% below the Florida median of $1,669. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,363; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Volusia County, FL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.5 minutes each way, 2% below the Florida average of 28.0. 14.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.