Deltona is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 69,818 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Deltona is the 30th largest community in Florida.

Deltona is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 jobs (18.13%), sales jobs (12.99%), and management occupations (6.86%).

One downside of living in Deltona, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.10 minutes every day commuting to work.

Deltona is a very car-oriented city: 98.1% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Deltona is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Deltona Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Deltona rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.39% of adults 25 and older in Deltona have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Deltona in 2000 was $16,648, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,592 for a family of four.

Deltona is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Deltona home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Deltona is White, followed by 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 18.41% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Deltona include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Deltona is English. Some people also speak Spanish.