Best PlacesDaytona Beach Shores, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Daytona Beach Shores, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Daytona Beach Shores ranks 16,782nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Daytona Beach Shores
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Daytona Beach Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Daytona Beach Shores ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Daytona Beach Shores ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Daytona Beach Shores
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Daytona Beach Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,705, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Daytona Beach Shores' effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Daytona Beach Shores
Daytona Beach Shores runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Daytona Beach Shores.
Who works in Daytona Beach Shores, and how
Work in Daytona Beach Shores centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Daytona Beach Shores
Daytona Beach Shores has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Daytona Beach Shores and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Daytona Beach Shores, month by month
Daytona Beach Shores sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Daytona Beach Shores
The nearest airport, Daytona Beach International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Daytona Beach Shores
Schools across Daytona Beach Shores average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R. J. Longstreet Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Silver Sands Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Campbell Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Spruce Creek High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Atlantic High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Mainland High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Daytona Beach Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Daytona Beach Shores measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Daytona Beach Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Daytona Beach Shores
Is Daytona Beach Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Daytona Beach Shores ranks 16,782nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Daytona Beach Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $409,305. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $73,705 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Daytona Beach Shores safe?
Yes, Daytona Beach Shores is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Daytona Beach Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Daytona Beach Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Daytona Beach Shores represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Daytona Beach Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Daytona Beach Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Daytona Beach Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Daytona Beach Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Daytona Beach Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Daytona Beach Shores detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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