{"id":1525,"date":"2023-02-12T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:35:25","slug":"volusia-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/volusia-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Volusia County, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volusia County is a county in Florida, United States, on the Atlantic coast between Jacksonville<br \/>\nand Orlando, roughly 50 miles northeast of downtown Orlando. It had a population of 553,543 at the<br \/>\n2020 census, an estimated 606,573 more recently, and covers 1,101.03 square miles (2,851.7 km2) of<br \/>\nland centred near 29\u00b03\u2032N 81\u00b09\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>DeLand is the county seat, and its postal code is 32720. The county holds 14 cities, 2<br \/>\nincorporated towns and a scatter of unincorporated communities and beach settlements, and it runs<br \/>\non Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 12127.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Volusia County<\/h2>\n<p>Volusia County has 16 incorporated places on record, ranging from Deltona&#8217;s more than 93,000<br \/>\nresidents to Pierson&#8217;s roughly 1,500. Florida has no civil townships, so the table below drops<br \/>\nthat column. CDP stands for census designated place, an unincorporated community the Census Bureau<br \/>\ntracks separately; Unincorp. covers smaller communities with no formal municipal boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Deltona<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>93,692<\/td>\n<td>32725<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daytona Beach<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>72,647<\/td>\n<td>32114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port Orange<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>62,596<\/td>\n<td>32127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ormond Beach<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>43,080<\/td>\n<td>32174<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DeLand<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>37,351<\/td>\n<td>32720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Smyrna Beach<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>30,142<\/td>\n<td>32168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edgewater<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>23,097<\/td>\n<td>32132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DeBary<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>22,260<\/td>\n<td>32713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holly Hill<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>12,958<\/td>\n<td>32117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Daytona<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>12,865<\/td>\n<td>32119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Orange City<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>12,632<\/td>\n<td>32763<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daytona Beach Shores<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>5,179<\/td>\n<td>32118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ponce Inlet<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>3,364<\/td>\n<td>32127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Helen<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,842<\/td>\n<td>32744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oak Hill<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,986<\/td>\n<td>32759<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pierson<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,542<\/td>\n<td>32180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>De Leon Springs<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Glencoe<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Samsula-Spruce Creek<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ormond-by-the-Sea<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barberville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cassadaga<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32706<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>32190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Enterprise<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bethune Beach<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ponce Inlet and Port Orange share the ZIP code 32127, an unusual overlap for two separate<br \/>\nincorporated places &mdash; Ponce Inlet has no dedicated ZIP of its own and its mail routes through<br \/>\nthe Port Orange post office. Ormond-by-the-Sea is an unincorporated beachside CDP wedged between<br \/>\nOrmond Beach and the Atlantic; it is not part of the City of Ormond Beach despite the shared name.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>32114, 32118, 32126 &mdash; Daytona Beach (also serves 32198, a PO box ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>32725, 32738 &mdash; Deltona<\/li>\n<li>32720&ndash;32724 &mdash; DeLand<\/li>\n<li>32168, 32169, 32170 &mdash; New Smyrna Beach<\/li>\n<li>32174&ndash;32176 &mdash; Ormond Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea<\/li>\n<li>32123, 32127&ndash;32129 &mdash; Port Orange and Ponce Inlet<\/li>\n<li>32763 &mdash; Orange City<\/li>\n<li>32132, 32141 &mdash; Edgewater<\/li>\n<li>32119, 32121 &mdash; South Daytona<\/li>\n<li>32117 &mdash; Holly Hill<\/li>\n<li>32713, 32753 &mdash; DeBary<\/li>\n<li>32744 &mdash; Lake Helen<\/li>\n<li>32759 &mdash; Oak Hill<\/li>\n<li>32180 &mdash; Pierson<\/li>\n<li>32130 &mdash; De Leon Springs<\/li>\n<li>32190 &mdash; Seville<\/li>\n<li>32706 &mdash; Cassadaga<\/li>\n<li>32105 &mdash; Barberville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Glencoe, Samsula-Spruce Creek, Enterprise and Bethune Beach have no ZIP code of their own; mail<br \/>\nthere is delivered under the nearest incorporated city or CDP&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Volusia County sits in east-central Florida between the St. Johns River, which forms most of its<br \/>\nwestern and northwestern boundary, and the Atlantic Ocean along its eastern edge. Of the county&#8217;s<br \/>\n1,432.44 square miles, 1,101.03 are land and 331.40 are water &mdash; about 23 percent, high for an<br \/>\ninland Florida county, driven by the St. Johns River system and the Indian River Lagoon that runs<br \/>\nbehind the barrier island. Blue Spring State Park, on the St. Johns north of Orange City, is a<br \/>\nwinter refuge for Florida manatees, and the lagoon and its marshes make up much of the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nundeveloped southeastern land.<\/p>\n<p>Flagler County borders Volusia to the north, Brevard County to the south, Seminole County to the<br \/>\nsouthwest, Lake County to the west, and Marion and Putnam counties to the northwest. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/flagler-county\/\">Flagler County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/brevard-county\/\">Brevard County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lake-county-florida\/\">Lake County<\/a> all have their own pages<br \/>\non this site; Marion County&#8217;s page is at <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/marion-county-florida\/\">Marion County, Florida<\/a>. Seminole<br \/>\nCounty and Putnam County do not currently have posts here.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Volusia County had a population of 553,543 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the<br \/>\ncounty near 606,573 residents. Deltona and Daytona Beach are the two largest communities, together<br \/>\nholding roughly 30 percent of the county&#8217;s population. Florida&#8217;s statewide median household<br \/>\nincome was $73,311 (2023 ACS); a current county-specific figure could not be verified from a<br \/>\nsourced 2023-vintage table and is omitted rather than guessed. Population density works out to<br \/>\nroughly 503 people per square mile of land, concentrated along the I-4 corridor and the coastal<br \/>\nstrip from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Tourism and hospitality anchor much of the county&#8217;s economy, centred on Daytona Beach&#8217;s hotel<br \/>\nand restaurant strip along the Atlantic. Healthcare, professional services and manufacturing round<br \/>\nout the largest employment sectors; Volusia County reported more than 430 manufacturers as of a<br \/>\n2006 economic development count, with an average annual manufacturing wage of $37,632 at that time.<br \/>\nEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University, headquartered in Daytona Beach, trains pilots and aerospace<br \/>\nengineers and is one of the county&#8217;s largest institutional employers. Halifax Health operates the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s major hospital system, based in Daytona Beach. The county&#8217;s biggest annual event is<br \/>\nSpeedweeks each February, when the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race and the Daytona 500 NASCAR<br \/>\nrace draw crowds well beyond the county&#8217;s own population to Daytona International Speedway.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s territorial legislature created Volusia County on 29 December 1854, carving it out of<br \/>\nOrange County. The name comes from the small river community of Volusia in the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nnorthwest; its own origin is disputed, with theories pointing to a Euchee word, a British settler<br \/>\nnamed Voluz, or a French or Belgian trader named Veluche. Before that, Timucua and Mayaca peoples<br \/>\nlived along the St. Johns River, and in the 1760s British physician Andrew Turnbull founded the New<br \/>\nSmyrna colony in the southeast of the present county, one of the largest indentured-labor<br \/>\nsettlements in colonial British East Florida.<\/p>\n<p>During the Second Seminole War, Seminole fighters burned a sugar plantation in what is now<br \/>\nDaytona Beach in 1836, and General Winfield Scott established Fort Florida near present-day DeBary<br \/>\nthe same year. Enterprise served as the original county seat until the Florida East Coast Railway<br \/>\nreached DeLand, and the seat moved there in 1887, where it remains.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 95 crosses the county&#8217;s eastern half north&ndash;south with eight interchanges, and<br \/>\nInterstate 4 runs east&ndash;west through the middle of the county with more than seven interchanges,<br \/>\nmeeting I-95 near Daytona Beach. US 1 and State Road A1A run the length of the coast; US 17 crosses<br \/>\nthe western county; US 92 runs east&ndash;west through Daytona Beach as International Speedway<br \/>\nBoulevard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orlando &mdash; about 50 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Jacksonville &mdash; about 90 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Sanford &mdash; about 20 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Titusville &mdash; about 25 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daytona Beach International Airport, next to the Speedway, offers commercial passenger service<br \/>\nand is the county&#8217;s primary airport. Orlando International Airport, roughly 55 miles southwest of<br \/>\nDaytona Beach, handles far more traffic for travelers connecting through Central Florida. SunRail<br \/>\ncommuter rail serves DeBary and DeLand, connecting north to Orlando; no Amtrak long-distance train<br \/>\nstops in the county.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Volusia County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits on Florida&#8217;s Atlantic coast between Jacksonville and Orlando, about 50 miles northeast of<br \/>\ndowntown Orlando, bordered by Flagler, Brevard, Seminole, Lake, Marion and Putnam counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Volusia County?<\/strong><br \/>\n553,543 at the 2020 census, with a more recent estimate near 606,573.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Volusia County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,432.44 square miles in total (1,101.03 square miles of land and 331.40 of water), or 2,851.7 km2<br \/>\nof land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Volusia County?<\/strong><br \/>\nDeLand, county seat since 1887 and home to Stetson University, Florida&#8217;s oldest private college.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Volusia County?<\/strong><br \/>\nSixteen incorporated places &mdash; fourteen cities and two towns, from Deltona at more than 93,000<br \/>\nresidents down to Pierson at about 1,500 &mdash; plus four census-designated places and several<br \/>\nsmaller unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Volusia County use?<\/strong><br \/>\nRanging from 32114 in Daytona Beach to 32763 in Orange City; DeLand alone spans 32720 through<br \/>\n32724.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Volusia County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nDaytona International Speedway and its February Speedweeks races, and the surfing and shark-bite<br \/>\nreputation of its Atlantic beaches from Ormond-by-the-Sea to New Smyrna Beach.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/florida\/\">Towns and villages in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volusia County is a county in Florida, United States, on the Atlantic coast between Jacksonville and Orlando, roughly 50 miles northeast of downtown Orlando. 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