Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of DeBary works elsewhere
For jobs and income DeBary is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). Employers in DeBary report 3,979 jobs; 10,876 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in DeBary; the top destination outside it is Orlando (11%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: DeBary in brief
DeBary’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside DeBary is Orlando, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (1,143) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
DeBary has added jobs fast
Jobs based in DeBary went from 2,731 in 2013 to 3,979 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: DeBary’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds DeBary’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, DeBary could be anywhere from B to A.
Half of DeBary commutes less than 20 miles
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in DeBary
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeBary, 2013 → 2023: 2,731 → 3,979. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeBary’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves DeBary for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10,399 residents head out to work, 477 work right here, and 3,502 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in DeBary on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of DeBary: the destinations
Where DeBary clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from DeBary: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeBary workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,004 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most of DeBary commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,240 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of DeBary households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of DeBary’s commuters take a bus or train.
DeBary is 698th of 1,780 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 32,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 696 | Laurel MD | 30,254 | $101K | 9.0% | 4.7% | 5% | A− |
| 697 | Neenah WI | 27,638 | $75K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 18% | A− |
| 698 | DeBary FL | 23,544 | $89K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 699 | Oak Forest IL | 26,792 | $92K | 6.5% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| 700 | Dorr Township IL | 21,614 | $88K | 7.0% | 3.2% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,780 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of DeBary, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to DeBary
The biggest share goes to Orange City (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | DeBary workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeBary | – | A− | B+ | 28 min | $88,569 |
| Orange City | 5% | B− | B− | 26 min | $57,800 |
| Deltona | under 2% | B | B− | 34 min | $76,924 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of DeBary’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in DeBary: questions
What is the median household income in DeBary?
$88,569 (±$8,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeBary?
5.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeBary?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeBary work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (11%, 28 mi), Sanford (8%, 7 mi), DeLand (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is DeBary walkable?
DeBary is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeBary without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeBary, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeBary
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.