Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety18#12,734/15,637
Economy81#2,913/15,631
Housing10#13,544/14,977
Health59#6,430/15,609
Healthcare34#10,297/15,650
Environment74#3,997/15,453
Education73#4,237/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,146/15,650
Community24#11,921/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,448/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ponce Inlet, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Volusia County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Food insecurity · low6.5%
98/100Florida 17.9%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.7%
96/100Florida 9.8%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high35.7%
95/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationVolusia County value
Physical inactivity · low15.8%
93/100Florida 25.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low12.1%
91/100Florida 19.6%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low27.7%
87/100Florida 34.5%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high43.6%
5/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteVolusia County value
Rent as share of income · high28.3%
9/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
12/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesVolusia County value
Violent crime rate · high444 /100k
13/100Florida 261 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2022Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureVolusia County value
Hot days · high89 days
13/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationVolusia County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,230 (2015-2019) → 3,435 (2020-2024)
+6.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
72.2% (2015-2019) → 43.6% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.8% (2015-2019) → 28.3% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.9 /1k (2021) → 2.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−25%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.3× (2015-2019) → 5.3× (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
92.1% (2015-2019) → 87.8% (2020-2024)
−4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ponce Inlet, Florida improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Ponce Inlet, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.3 min2015-2019	28.3 min2020-2024	−5.0 min	Within the margin of error	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%2015-2019	51.1%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Broadband subscriptions	92.1%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Effective property tax rate	1.06%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
High school diploma or higher	96.7%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	4.3×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5162015-2019	0.4782020-2024	−0.038	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$88,1822015-2019	$102,2002020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	4.7%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent as share of income	36.8%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	72.2%2015-2019	43.6%2020-2024	−29 points	Within the margin of error	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ponce Inlet, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ponce Inlet, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ponce Inlet, Florida itself moved +7.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,435 residents (±14)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−3.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,435 residents (±14)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

White92%3,177
Black1.3%†44
Hispanic or Latino3.7%†126

Education

3,139 residents (±99)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma2.4%†74
High school or GED22%685
Some college16%†508

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,770 households (±124)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k7.5%†133
$25k–50k19%†341
$50k–75k8.2%†145
$75k–100k14%†244
$100k–150k16%†276
$150k–200k9.5%†169
$200k or more26%462

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+10.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,770 households (±124)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Own92%1,637
Rent7.5%†133

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

133 households (±67)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50017%†23

Home values

1,637 homes (±125)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k2.5%†41
$150k–250k3.9%†64
$250k–400k18%†289

Age of homes

3,196 homes (±245)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later8.0%†255
2000–200926%830
1980–199947%1,493

Size of homes

3,196 homes (±245)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.4%†44
1 bedroom0.3%†11
2 bedrooms49%1,564

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,109 workers (±185)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone62%683
Carpool7.6%†84
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.7%†30
Bike0.0%0
Work from home26%†284
Other2.5%†28

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+5.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

825 workers (±151)

Ponce Inlet, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min16%†134
15–29 min54%443
30–44 min10%†85

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Volusia County, the county holding most of Ponce Inlet's residents.

Volusia County has 14,367 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Florida's), with 164,490 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,852. The Census Bureau also counts 58,977 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,367; 58,977 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 164,490
Average annual pay: $45,852; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Volusia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,292	21.8	1.41×More than typical	8,021	$52,033	3,841
Ambulatory health care services	1,235	20.9	1.00×About typical	13,163	$65,447	3,086
Restaurants and other eating places	1,046	17.7	0.96×About typical	21,732	$22,561	263
Lessors of real estate	849	14.3	1.16×About typical	2,531	$44,162	5,890
Services to buildings and dwellings	687	11.6	1.72×More than typical	3,135	$37,101	4,868
Full-service restaurants	525	8.9	1.15×About typical	12,694	$25,230	108
Building equipment contractors	465	7.9	1.31×More than typical	3,634	$53,848	586
Offices of physicians	443	7.5	1.16×About typical	4,495	$97,542	414
Construction of buildings	442	7.5	0.99×About typical	2,120	$67,149	1,874
Limited-service restaurants	407	6.9	0.86×About typical	7,844	$18,760	91
Real estate agents and brokers	381	6.4	1.32×More than typical	673	$48,822	2,206
Offices of other health practitioners	375	6.3	1.04×About typical	1,825	$44,382	1,193

Rank places for an industry Open Volusia County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 591,936 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $900.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ponce Inlet, Florida: $262 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $900.8K; +176% vs FY2025
Per resident: $262; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 31%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$580.2K64%
Department of Veterans Affairs$278.2K31%
National Park Service$21.5K2.4%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$20.6K2.3%
U.S. Coast Guard$1,6920.2%

Top recipients

KIK TECHNOLOGIES LLC$600.9K67%
RED ONE MEDICAL DEVICES LLC$134.5K15%
RNJJ MED, LLC$91K10%
THE JANZ CORP$33.4K3.7%
MARTIN BIONICS INNOVATIONS LLC$14.1K1.6%

Spending by fiscal year

86.8KFY2017
26.3KFY2018
56.7KFY2019
312.4KFY2020
202.1KFY2021
179.4KFY2022
275.9KFY2023
3.9MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$601.3K67%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$278.2K31%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$11.8K1.3%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$5,3430.6%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$2,8060.3%
Waste collection · 5621

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ponce Inlet, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Ponce Inlet, Florida's figures are part of those of Volusia County, FL ($105.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ponce Inlet is mostly in Volusia County.

See federal money in Volusia County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ponce Inlet, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Volusia County53100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL51

Other cities and towns in Volusia County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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