Deltona is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 97,267 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Deltona is the 29th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Deltona is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Deltona is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Deltona who work in office and administrative support (15.73%), sales jobs (10.22%), and management occupations (9.46%). Also of interest is that Deltona has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Deltona, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Deltona is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.64% of adults 25 and older in Deltona have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Deltona in 2022 was $28,470, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,880 for a family of four. However, Deltona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Deltona is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Deltona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deltona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Deltona also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Deltona include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Deltona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
