New Smyrna Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 33,144 people and ten associated neighborhoods, New Smyrna Beach is the 106th largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) New Smyrna Beach has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. New Smyrna Beach has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in New Smyrna Beach than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, New Smyrna Beach may be for you.

One of the nice things about New Smyrna 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.

New Smyrna Beach is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.25% of adults in New Smyrna Beach have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in New Smyrna Beach in 2022 was $57,656, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $230,624 for a family of four. However, New Smyrna Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in New Smyrna Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.