Anyone looking to move to Florida and specifically Daytona Beach area usually has the same questions.
Do people like coming to this area and how fast the population is growing?
What's the level of the income here?
Is it hard to get a job here?
Who are the major employers?
What are the average home prices and their trends?
Well to answer a few, here are a few stats from http://www.eflorida.com
Below are the Current population Growth projections for Florida and Volusia County
Per Capita Personal Income: | | | |
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year | Volusia | Florida | |
2003 | $25,286 | $30,290 | |
2004 | $27,117 | $32,534 | |
2005 | $28,347 | $34,001 | |
2006 | $30,158 | $35,438 | |
Make your own conclusions if it will be easy for you to get a job here by looking at the Major Private Sector Employers in Volusia county:
Major Private Sector Employers: | |
| |
Volusia County School Board | 8998 |
Halifax Staffing | 6330 |
Publix Supermarkets | 2798 |
Wal-Mart | 2206 |
Vision HR Inc. | 1667 |
Embry-Riddle Aero University | 1513 |
Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial | 1403 |
Daytona Beach Community College | 1334 |
Winn Dixie Stores Inc | 1290 |
The following are the annual median sales price for existing houses sold by real estate agents in Volusia and Flagler counties. The price for June was $197,100, down from $219,900 in May 2006.
- 2007: $203,600
- 2006: $219,900
- 2005: $204,400
- 2004: $157,800
- 2003: $131,300
- 2002: $109,768
- 2001: $96,770
- 2000: $88,300
- 1999: $84,500
- 1998: $79,000
- 1997: $75,500
- 1996: $75,200
SOURCE: Daytona Beach News-Journal
I hope these stats will be helpful or at least be entraining when it come to making a decision to move to Daytona Beach area. You can interpret these stats any way you want. Here is my take on it:
Even thought the average income in Volusia county is lower than the average income in the whole state of Florida, it doesn't differ by much. Also, when you take into consideration our average home prices here and other areas like Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami, it's not too shabby living near the ocean in the beautiful Daytona Beach.
What's your take on it?
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