Daytona Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 86,015 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Daytona Beach is the 44th largest community in Florida.

A relatively large number of people in Daytona Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Daytona Beach, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Daytona Beach provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Not only is Daytona Beach a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Daytona Beach is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Daytona Beach a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the nice things about Daytona Beach is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In terms of college education, Daytona Beach is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.80% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Daytona Beach in 2022 was $33,371, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,484 for a family of four. However, Daytona Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Daytona Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Daytona Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Daytona Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Daytona Beach include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Daytona Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.