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A town of 2,687, settled in 1885.
De Leon Springs gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $337K for a typical one, or 4.7 years of the Deltona metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B overall, 113th of 634 graded towns in Florida. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 71% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 75% of the country. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. De Leon Springs’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Florida’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Strawn Historic Sawmill District and Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where De Leon Springs beats most towns.
Where De Leon Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far De Leon Springs is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1925 and 4 maps from 1964 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
De Leon Springs is unincorporated, so Volusia County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in De Leon Springs.
De Leon Springs trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Volusia school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise S. McInnis Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 358 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,098 U.S. towns with household incomes like De Leon Springs’s, it is less healthy than 57%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
24% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in De Leon Springs, above both the Florida town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (8.1%). 26% of adults worry about having enough food in De Leon Springs. De Leon Springs beats the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| De Leon Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | De Leon Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8.2% | 9.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 25.5% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
De Leon Springs has 206 jobs for its 1,081 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave De Leon Springs for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, De Leon Springs has added 76 jobs, to 206 in 2023. The median household income in De Leon Springs is $57,000.
| De Leon Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 47.2°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°. The Deland 1 Sse weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 310 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 75% of Florida places with climate records.
De Leon Springs has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. De Leon Springs’ January low is 47°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| De Leon Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 47°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes are within reach (about $337K for the typical one, B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles. The median property tax bill is $1,295, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical De Leon Springs home is worth about $337,000, up 2.3% in a year, 10% below the Florida typical home. 63% of De Leon Springs households own their home.
| De Leon Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,052 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around De Leon Springs. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaKia Center
36 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Bounce House
40 mi Stadium & arenaInter&Co Stadium
18 mi MuseumMotorsports Hall of Fame of America
29 mi National forestOcala National Forest
12 mi State parkBlue Spring State ParkKia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Bounce House: DampFrijoles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Inter&Co Stadium: Porsche997SBS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Motorsports Hall of Fame of America: WillRStroh97, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ocala National Forest: Sandra Friend, Public domain · Blue Spring State Park: Rizka, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of De Leon Springs
About 6 of every 100 De Leon Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
CDP in Florida, United States
DeLeon Springs () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,614 at the 2010 census. De Leon Springs State Park is located in DeLeon Springs, as is the Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. De Leon Springs grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #113 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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