Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Deltona has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
7,283 jobs are based in Deltona for 45,082 working residents. For jobs and income Deltona is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 4% stay in Deltona for work; outside it, Orlando is the main destination (9%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Deltona: the gist
Deltona has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Deltona went from 4,230 in 2013 to 7,283 in 2023, +72%. The jobs ↓
Deltona is a place people come home to
There are 7,283 jobs based in Deltona, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deltona has about 62,000 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Deltona’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Deltona is Orlando, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (4,238) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Deltona
53% of Deltona residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Deltona pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Deltona are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Why Deltona gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Deltona’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deltona could be anywhere from B to B+.
What Deltona’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deltona, 2013 → 2023: 4,230 → 7,283. 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 Deltona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Deltona, and who commutes in
On a workday 43,151 residents head out to work, 1,931 work right here, and 5,352 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62,000 people are in Deltona on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How far Deltona goes to work
About 19% 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.
Where Deltona goes to work
Where Deltona clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Deltona: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deltona workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39,797 commuters (the 14% 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.
In Deltona, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 46,334 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 2.6% of Deltona households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deltona’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Deltona next to U.S. towns of 70,000 to 135,000: 210th of 427 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 105 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Kendall FL | 79,562 | $87K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | Wyoming MI | 78,588 | $74K | 10.5% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| 209 | Alhambra CA | 79,820 | $88K | 12.6% | 5.3% | 9% | B |
| 210 | Deltona FL | 100,267 | $77K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 4% | B |
| 211 | Perry Township IN | 123,439 | $67K | 12.8% | 2.9% | 11% | B |
| 212 | Burbank CA | 102,988 | $97K | 10.7% | 7.4% | 25% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Deltona, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Deltona and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to DeLand (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deltona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deltona | – | B | B− | 34 min | $76,924 |
| Orange City | 4% | B− | B− | 26 min | $57,800 |
| DeBary | under 2% | A− | B+ | 28 min | $88,569 |
| DeLand | 8% | B | B+ | 28 min | $71,863 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deltona’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 Deltona: questions
What is the median household income in Deltona?
$76,924 (±$2,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deltona?
10.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deltona?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deltona work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (9%, 31 mi), DeLand (8%, 9 mi), Sanford (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deltona walkable?
Deltona is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deltona without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deltona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deltona
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.