Volusia County, Florida

Volusia County is a county in Florida, United States, on the Atlantic coast between Jacksonville
and Orlando, roughly 50 miles northeast of downtown Orlando. It had a population of 553,543 at the
2020 census, an estimated 606,573 more recently, and covers 1,101.03 square miles (2,851.7 km2) of
land centred near 29°3′N 81°9′W.

DeLand is the county seat, and its postal code is 32720. The county holds 14 cities, 2
incorporated towns and a scatter of unincorporated communities and beach settlements, and it runs
on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 12127.

Towns & Villages in Volusia County

Volusia County has 16 incorporated places on record, ranging from Deltona’s more than 93,000
residents to Pierson’s roughly 1,500. Florida has no civil townships, so the table below drops
that column. CDP stands for census designated place, an unincorporated community the Census Bureau
tracks separately; Unincorp. covers smaller communities with no formal municipal boundary.

Ponce Inlet and Port Orange share the ZIP code 32127, an unusual overlap for two separate
incorporated places — Ponce Inlet has no dedicated ZIP of its own and its mail routes through
the Port Orange post office. Ormond-by-the-Sea is an unincorporated beachside CDP wedged between
Ormond Beach and the Atlantic; it is not part of the City of Ormond Beach despite the shared name.

ZIP Codes

• 32114, 32118, 32126 — Daytona Beach (also serves 32198, a PO box ZIP)
• 32725, 32738 — Deltona
• 32720–32724 — DeLand
• 32168, 32169, 32170 — New Smyrna Beach
• 32174–32176 — Ormond Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea
• 32123, 32127–32129 — Port Orange and Ponce Inlet
• 32763 — Orange City
• 32132, 32141 — Edgewater
• 32119, 32121 — South Daytona
• 32117 — Holly Hill
• 32713, 32753 — DeBary
• 32744 — Lake Helen
• 32759 — Oak Hill
• 32180 — Pierson
• 32130 — De Leon Springs
• 32190 — Seville
• 32706 — Cassadaga
• 32105 — Barberville

Glencoe, Samsula-Spruce Creek, Enterprise and Bethune Beach have no ZIP code of their own; mail
there is delivered under the nearest incorporated city or CDP’s code.

Geography

Volusia County sits in east-central Florida between the St. Johns River, which forms most of its
western and northwestern boundary, and the Atlantic Ocean along its eastern edge. Of the county’s
1,432.44 square miles, 1,101.03 are land and 331.40 are water — about 23 percent, high for an
inland Florida county, driven by the St. Johns River system and the Indian River Lagoon that runs
behind the barrier island. Blue Spring State Park, on the St. Johns north of Orange City, is a
winter refuge for Florida manatees, and the lagoon and its marshes make up much of the county’s
undeveloped southeastern land.

Flagler County borders Volusia to the north, Brevard County to the south, Seminole County to the
southwest, Lake County to the west, and Marion and Putnam counties to the northwest. Flagler County, Brevard County and Lake County all have their own pages
on this site; Marion County’s page is at Marion County, Florida. Seminole
County and Putnam County do not currently have posts here.

Demographics

Volusia County had a population of 553,543 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the
county near 606,573 residents. Deltona and Daytona Beach are the two largest communities, together
holding roughly 30 percent of the county’s population. Florida’s statewide median household
income was $73,311 (2023 ACS); a current county-specific figure could not be verified from a
sourced 2023-vintage table and is omitted rather than guessed. Population density works out to
roughly 503 people per square mile of land, concentrated along the I-4 corridor and the coastal
strip from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach.

Economy & Local Life

Tourism and hospitality anchor much of the county’s economy, centred on Daytona Beach’s hotel
and restaurant strip along the Atlantic. Healthcare, professional services and manufacturing round
out the largest employment sectors; Volusia County reported more than 430 manufacturers as of a
2006 economic development count, with an average annual manufacturing wage of $37,632 at that time.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, headquartered in Daytona Beach, trains pilots and aerospace
engineers and is one of the county’s largest institutional employers. Halifax Health operates the
county’s major hospital system, based in Daytona Beach. The county’s biggest annual event is
Speedweeks each February, when the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race and the Daytona 500 NASCAR
race draw crowds well beyond the county’s own population to Daytona International Speedway.

History

Florida’s territorial legislature created Volusia County on 29 December 1854, carving it out of
Orange County. The name comes from the small river community of Volusia in the county’s
northwest; its own origin is disputed, with theories pointing to a Euchee word, a British settler
named Voluz, or a French or Belgian trader named Veluche. Before that, Timucua and Mayaca peoples
lived along the St. Johns River, and in the 1760s British physician Andrew Turnbull founded the New
Smyrna colony in the southeast of the present county, one of the largest indentured-labor
settlements in colonial British East Florida.

During the Second Seminole War, Seminole fighters burned a sugar plantation in what is now
Daytona Beach in 1836, and General Winfield Scott established Fort Florida near present-day DeBary
the same year. Enterprise served as the original county seat until the Florida East Coast Railway
reached DeLand, and the seat moved there in 1887, where it remains.

Getting There

Interstate 95 crosses the county’s eastern half north–south with eight interchanges, and
Interstate 4 runs east–west through the middle of the county with more than seven interchanges,
meeting I-95 near Daytona Beach. US 1 and State Road A1A run the length of the coast; US 17 crosses
the western county; US 92 runs east–west through Daytona Beach as International Speedway
Boulevard.

• Orlando — about 50 miles southwest
• Jacksonville — about 90 miles north
• Sanford — about 20 miles southwest
• Titusville — about 25 miles south

Daytona Beach International Airport, next to the Speedway, offers commercial passenger service
and is the county’s primary airport. Orlando International Airport, roughly 55 miles southwest of
Daytona Beach, handles far more traffic for travelers connecting through Central Florida. SunRail
commuter rail serves DeBary and DeLand, connecting north to Orlando; no Amtrak long-distance train
stops in the county.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Volusia County located?
It sits on Florida’s Atlantic coast between Jacksonville and Orlando, about 50 miles northeast of
downtown Orlando, bordered by Flagler, Brevard, Seminole, Lake, Marion and Putnam counties.

What is the population of Volusia County?
553,543 at the 2020 census, with a more recent estimate near 606,573.

How big is Volusia County?
1,432.44 square miles in total (1,101.03 square miles of land and 331.40 of water), or 2,851.7 km2
of land.

What is the county seat of Volusia County?
DeLand, county seat since 1887 and home to Stetson University, Florida’s oldest private college.

How many towns and cities are in Volusia County?
Sixteen incorporated places — fourteen cities and two towns, from Deltona at more than 93,000
residents down to Pierson at about 1,500 — plus four census-designated places and several
smaller unincorporated communities.

What ZIP codes does Volusia County use?
Ranging from 32114 in Daytona Beach to 32763 in Orange City; DeLand alone spans 32720 through
32724.

What is Volusia County known for?
Daytona International Speedway and its February Speedweeks races, and the surfing and shark-bite
reputation of its Atlantic beaches from Ormond-by-the-Sea to New Smyrna Beach.

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