Orange City, Florida
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 19.8% since 2020.
15,309
people, the 144th-largest of Florida's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Florida's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
95.4%
of 11,087 jobs located in Orange City are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 85% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,607
a month. Florida's median is $1,669.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,001 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Volusia County.
- $1,209 Tract 901.01
- $3,210 Tract 832.03
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$859–$1,288
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,607 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
64% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 219 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 16% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 64% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.6% to the 7,049 homes here.
26–111
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 28% less than Florida's.
$259,100
median home value in Orange City.
- $259,100 Orange City
- $359,000 Florida
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year