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The Daytona Beach Shores handbook

Living in Daytona Beach Shores, FL: what to set up and who to call

Trash goes out on Tuesdays in Daytona Beach Shores, collected by Waste Pro Inc. Volusia County Library Center (Volusia County Public Library), 3.5 miles away, is the closest library to Daytona Beach Shores.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Daytona Beach Shores, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Daytona Beach Shores.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Daytona Beach Shores. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Port Orange water system

The City of Port Orange water system supplies Daytona Beach Shores: about 70% of residents live in its service area. City of Daytona Beach serves another 30%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 71,096 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 66% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL3641044.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Daytona Beach Shores

91% of 717 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 17% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber90%1,000/35
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber89%100/20
Wire 3Fiber8%10,000/10,000
T-MobileFixed wireless79%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless57%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Daytona Beach Shores is Tuesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Daytona Beach Shores, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerWaste Pro Inc. picks up at the curb for every homedbshores.org
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Aluminum cans
  • Glass bottles
  • Junk mail
  • Magazines
  • Mixed office paper
  • Newspapers
  • Phone books
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastics with recycling code numbers 1 through 7
  • Steel cans
  • Cardboard cereal boxes without the wax liner
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulk waste, including mattresses and furniture, placed curbside no earlier than Monday 5:00 p.m. for Tuesday morning collection
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagedbshores.org →

From dbshores.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated August 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Daytona Beach Shores kids go to
PK–545 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–813 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–1210 high schoolsDepends on your address

Daytona Beach Shores is in Volusia County School District.

B−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Daytona Beach Shores is in ZIP code 32118

ZIP codes where Daytona Beach Shores residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Daytona Beach ShoresZIP’s residents in Daytona Beach Shores
32118Daytona Beach, FL100%29%
Area code386Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Daytona Beach Shores

Who supplies Daytona Beach Shores’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of Port Orange water system (EPA ID FL3641044). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Daytona Beach Shores?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Daytona Beach Shores?

Spectrum, AT&T, Wire 3, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Daytona Beach Shores?

32118. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Daytona Beach Shores in?

Volusia County School District.

How do I register to vote in Daytona Beach Shores?

In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Volusia Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Daytona Beach Shores’ own website (dbshores.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.