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A solid town with one catch. Its best grade is for walkability: it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. With a B overall, De Leon Springs is better than 56% of U.S. towns. That places it 113th of 634 in Florida. What counts against it is health — residents are less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Homes run about $337K for a typical one, 4.7 times the Deltona metro’s $71K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk (C−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 71% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. 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).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
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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Where De Leon Springs beats most towns.
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.
Where De Leon Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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.
| De Leon Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. De Leon Springs’ only public school teaches 358 students.
| 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 that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
24% of De Leon Springs adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. This Florida town does better than the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 14. Among adults locally, 26% say their health is fair or poor and 17% report frequent physical distress.
| 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.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in De Leon Springs rose by 76, to 206. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 2% of working residents work locally. De Leon Springs’ median household income stands at $57,000. The top destinations are DeLand (17%), Daytona Beach (6%) and Orlando (5%).
| 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
Federal aid has come to De Leon Springs households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 41% come from hurricanes and 32% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · 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’ 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.
63% of households live in a home they own in De Leon Springs. The typical De Leon Springs home is worth about $337,000, up 2.3% in a year, 10% below the Florida typical home. Also worth knowing: the rent at the middle of the market for De Leon Springs comes to $1,052 a month.
| 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
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.
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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