What's actually happening in Daytona Beach and Volusia County right now. Median sale price, days on market, condo and single-family breakdown, year-over-year trends. Real numbers from Redfin and Volusia County public records, refreshed quarterly.
The Daytona Beach all-home-type median sale price sits around $315,000, roughly 19 percent below the Jacksonville MSA median of $390,000. Days on market runs around 87 days, more than double the Jacksonville median. Homes sell on average 5 percent below list price, and the Redfin Compete Score for Daytona Beach sits in the high 20s out of 100, classified as not very competitive.
Daytona's softer numbers reflect three structural factors that don't apply equally to Jacksonville. Heavier condo exposure, higher concentration of out-of-state second-home demand, and faster-rising coastal insurance premiums. Each factor compounds the others. For buyers, this creates the most negotiation room of any Northeast Florida coastal market in 2026.
For sellers, Daytona requires different positioning than markets further north. Aggressive pricing rarely produces multiple offers. Time on market routinely extends past 90 days even for well-presented homes. Sellers who price ahead of where the market sits today often end up reducing twice before going under contract.
Daytona Beach is not one market. Single-family detached homes, beachside condos, and inland communities all behave differently. The table below breaks the broader Daytona Beach market into three primary segments.
| Segment | Median price | DOM | YoY change | Market condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family detached | $385,000 | 72 | −1.5% | Slight buyer's market |
| Beachside condos | $275,000 | 120+ | −6 to −8% | Buyer's market |
| Inland (mainland west) | $295,000 | 78 | −2% | Slight buyer's market |
The beachside condo segment is meaningfully softer than the rest of the market. Condos along A1A and the broader Daytona Beach Shores corridor are sitting longer, trading further below list, and seeing price declines that single-family detached has avoided. This reflects the combined drag of higher insurance, milestone inspection requirements under Florida HB 837, and the special-assessment overhang that's still working through the condo market statewide.
Florida's HB 837 milestone inspection requirements, passed after Surfside in 2021 and now phased in for buildings 25 years or older within three miles of the coast, have created real costs for older condo associations. Mandatory structural inspections, reserve studies, and the special assessments that follow have raised the true cost of condo ownership materially. Daytona Beach has roughly 3 to 4 times the condo inventory of Jacksonville relative to total housing stock, so this dynamic shows up more visibly in Daytona's median pricing.
Volusia County homeowners insurance premiums have outpaced Duval County in percentage growth over the past three years. Coastal exposure, wind zones, and the broader Florida property insurance crisis affect Daytona Beach more directly than Jacksonville. Annual premiums on a typical $400,000 Daytona Beach single-family home now run $4,000 to $7,500 depending on flood zone, wind mitigation, and age of construction. Beachside condos add HOA assessment costs on top.
Daytona Beach attracted a heavy share of out-of-state second-home and retiree buyers during the 2020-2022 migration boom, including from New York, New Jersey, and the broader Northeast. That demand has moderated as remote work flexibility has tightened and as alternative Florida markets have become relatively more attractive. The result is more inventory chasing fewer buyers, especially in condo and beachside segments where second-home demand concentrated most heavily.
Daytona Beach sits at the southern edge of the Northeast Florida market and shares buyer demand with St. Augustine, Palm Coast, and to a lesser degree Jacksonville's beach communities. The table below shows where Daytona Beach lands.
| Market | Median price | DOM | MoS | Sold/list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach | $315,000 | 87 | 3.4 | 95% |
| Palm Coast | $365,000 | 104 | 2.8 | 97% |
| St. Augustine | $435,000 | 62 | 3.4 | 97.5% |
| Jacksonville MSA | $390,000 | 43 | 3.8 | 97.5% |
Daytona Beach is the most affordable coastal market in this group at the all-home-type median price level, with the largest gap between list and sale price. St. Augustine, just to the north in St. Johns County, runs roughly 38 percent more expensive on the median but sells in less than three-quarters the time. The contrast reflects both the property-type mix and the buyer profile each market attracts.
If you're buying a Daytona Beach condo in 2026, ask for the association's most recent reserve study, milestone inspection status, any pending or recently levied special assessments, and current insurance renewal pricing. The lowest-priced condo listings often reflect upcoming assessments that haven't been formally levied yet.
Daytona Beach metrics are aggregated from Redfin's Daytona Beach city-level housing market data, Movoto market trend reports, Volusia County Property Appraiser public records, and Florida Realtors monthly statistical releases. Where sources report different medians for different time windows, the rolling six-month median is reported. Segment-level data (single-family vs condo vs inland) is derived from the underlying MLS transactional data.
This page refreshes quarterly. For broader Northeast Florida 6-county market data, see the monthly Housing Pulse report. For Palm Coast detail, see Palm Coast housing market data. For Jacksonville MSA detail, see Jacksonville housing market data. For the next coastal market north, see St. Augustine housing market data.
Daytona Beach property type mix differs meaningfully from inland Northeast Florida markets. Roughly 30 percent of Daytona Beach housing inventory is condo or townhome, compared to under 10 percent for Jacksonville's outer suburbs. Year-over-year comparisons across markets should account for this mix difference. See our full methodology page for the complete data and citation policy.
Momentum has agents who close in Daytona Beach and the broader Volusia County markets. If you're buying or selling, especially in the condo segment, talk to someone who can read the association financials before you write an offer.
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