Overall
99.4
Below avg
Metro cost profile · 2024 BEA RPP
Cost-of-living indicators for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, from Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities, overall, goods, services, and rents vs the U.S. average of 100.
Deltona ranks #96 of 387 U.S. metros by cost, and its overall price index has held steady since 2008.
The verdict
Deltona costs less than 25% of U.S. metros, an overall index of 99.4, 0.6% below the national average, with services the biggest swing at 87.6.
A $100,000 national salary carries the purchasing power of about $100,637 here; matching a $100K lifestyle takes roughly $99,367.
A $100,000 salary at the national average cost of living equals:
in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL purchasing power
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How far the median local paycheck goes here, combining income and housing cost
A weighted composite (60% purchasing power, 40% housing affordability) percentile-ranked against every other tracked metro; a missing input redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. Sources: Census ACS 5-Year 2023 (income) + BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 (cost). Vintages differ by design; see methodology.
The cost of living has remained relatively stable, changing by only 0.8 points over this period. The largest single-year move was in 2009, when the index dropped 2.0 points from the year before, a bigger swing than the full 2008-2024 change.
Every year on record, national average = 100
| Year | Overall |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 98.6 |
| 2009 | 96.6 |
| 2010 | 96.2 |
| 2011 | 98.0 |
| 2012 | 97.5 |
| 2013 | 97.1 |
| 2014 | 97.6 |
| 2015 | 98.2 |
| 2016 | 98.3 |
| 2017 | 98.2 |
| 2018 | 97.1 |
| 2019 | 95.8 |
| 2020 | 96.7 |
| 2021 | 97.8 |
| 2022 | 98.8 |
| 2023 | 99.1 |
| 2024 | 99.4 |
Latest BEA release change
Deltona's overall RPP rose +0.2 points, from 99.1 in 2023 to 99.4 in 2024. The largest category movement was rents, changing from 104.1 to 108.4. This is a relative change against the national benchmark, not a household's dollar bill.
Service-cost relief profile
Services provide the strongest cost offset in Deltona: their index is 87.6, farther below the national baseline than rents or tradable goods. The overall RPP of 99.4 therefore has a different source than a place with cheaper housing instead.
Across all reported metros, the closest component-profile matches are Jacksonville, FL, Charlottesville, VA, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL. They resemble Deltona across goods, services, and rents together, so they are stronger structure peers than a place selected only because its overall RPP happens to be nearby.
Across 2008-2024, Deltona's overall index has stayed within 0.8 points. This is a relative price-level history, not a prediction or a personal affordability recommendation; pair it with current local wages and housing options before making a decision.
Deltona vs every U.S. metro
Where this metro sits in the national cost distribution
99 Top 25% higher than 75% of 387 US metros
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Source U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities · 2024
BEA RPP by category, 100 = national average
Rents
108.4 RPP
Services
87.6 RPP
Overall
99.4 RPP
Goods
96.2 RPP
What this shows Deltona's strongest departure is services at 87.6; rents follows at 108.4. Labor-priced local activity, rather than housing alone, is the first budget line to investigate.
Metros near Deltona's overall cost, plotted by their goods price (horizontal) and housing price (vertical). Same headline RPP, very different structures.
Overall
99.4
Below avg
Goods
96.2
Below avg
Services
87.6
Cheap
Rents
108.4
Above avg
These metros have an overall RPP closest to Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL's index of 99.4.
Showing the 6 closest of 387 metro areas tracked nationally.
Decision peers
These metros are closest to Deltona's combined goods, services, and rents profile. They may not have the same overall RPP, but their price pressures are shaped in a similar way.
FL-relative analysis
Among the 22 FL metros PlainCost tracks with reported goods prices data, Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL ranks #2 - the 5th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide rank above: it compares Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL only against its own state's metros, not the full US field.
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "more expensive is worse", see the national comparison above for direction context. This is a comparison within FL only, not a livability score.
Two BEA RPP-derived peer sets for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL: nearest metros by overall regional price parity and by rents RPP. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the in-state metro list below.
Nearest metros by overall regional price parity (99.4 here).
Nearest metros by rents regional price parity (108.4 here).
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What this means for Deltona
How to read Deltona's cost of living before a move, a job offer, or a budget.
RPP is BEA's annual price-level benchmark for the data year shown, not a live market quote. Pair it with current local wages and housing costs before deciding.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) index of 99.4, meaning it is 0.6% less expensive than the national average. Goods are indexed at 96.2, services at 87.6, and rents at 108.4. It ranks #96 out of 387 U.S. metro areas by overall cost.
To maintain the same purchasing power as a $100,000 salary at the national average, you would need approximately $99,367 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Conversely, $100K earned in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL has the purchasing power of $100,637 at the national average.
Rents in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL are indexed at 108.4, which is 8.4% above the national average. This is close to the U.S. average.
From 2008 to 2024, Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL's overall cost index changed by +0.8 points (from 98.6 to 99.4). The cost of living has remained relatively stable.
The priciest category in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is rents at 108.4, 8.4% above the national average. The most affordable category is services at 87.6, 12.4% below average.
Metros with the most similar overall cost index include Jacksonville, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, Charlottesville. These areas have RPP values within a few points of Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL's 99.4.
Every figure on PlainCost is rendered directly from BEA Regional Price Parity source data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-11. Rankings measure the published cost-of-living index only; we don't recommend where to live or rate any metro's quality of life.