Daytona Beach Senior AdvisorVolusia County had about 606,573 residents on July 1, 2025, 27.3% of them 65 or older, with a median age of 47.2. It runs about 50 miles along the Atlantic from Ormond-by-the-Sea to Oak Hill and inland to the St. Johns River, with two distinct halves: the coastal cities (Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater) and West Volusia (DeLand, Deltona, Orange City, DeBary).
Volusia is in Florida's Planning and Service Area 4, where ElderSource is the Area Agency on Aging, and the Council on Aging of Volusia County is one of its local service providers. AHCA's August 2026 PACE report shows Beacon of Life awaiting federal approval to serve the county, so no PACE program enrolls residents yet.
How many older adults and licensed care options does Volusia County have?
Volusia County had about 165,838 residents aged 65 or older (27.3% of 606,573) and 18,564 aged 85 or older on July 1, 2025, and AHCA licenses 87 assisted living facilities and 29 nursing homes there.
| What Volusia County has | What Volusia County lacks | |
|---|---|---|
| Licenses at local addresses (AHCA) | Assisted living facilities: 87, Nursing homes: 29, Home health agencies: 50, Hospices: 2, Adult day care centers: 4, Adult family care homes: 7 | — |
| License types absent | — | None; every type is present |
| ALFs reporting a memory care program | 32 | — |
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates by age (July 1, 2025).
How fast is Volusia County's older population growing?
Census estimates show Volusia County's 65-and-older population rising from 141,512 in April 2020 to 165,838 in July 2025, up 24,326 or 17%, while the whole county grew 10%.
Residents aged 75 or older numbered about 75,236 in 2025. Against the county's 4,163 licensed assisted living beds, that is roughly one bed for every 18 people aged 75 or older.
Where in Volusia County is licensed senior care located?
By mailing address, Volusia County's assisted living beds are concentrated in Ormond Beach, DeLand and Port Orange & Ponce Inlet; the table lists every city with at least one license.
| City or community | Licensed ALFs | ALF beds | Nursing homes | Home health / hospice offices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach | 12 | 589 | 10 | 11 |
| DeLand | 10 | 666 | 7 | 8 |
| Ormond Beach | 11 | 766 | 4 | 12 |
| Port Orange & Ponce Inlet | 13 | 663 | 1 | 7 |
| Deltona | 11 | 204 | 1 | 1 |
| New Smyrna Beach | 11 | 377 | 1 | 0 |
| Orange City | 7 | 400 | 1 | 5 |
| Holly Hill | 5 | 137 | 1 | 1 |
| Edgewater & Oak Hill | 3 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| DeBary | 2 | 104 | 2 | 3 |
| South Daytona | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| Daytona Beach Shores | 1 | 126 | 0 | 0 |
Which specialty licenses do Volusia County ALFs hold?
7 Volusia County ALFs hold a limited mental health license, 8 limited nursing services and 2 extended congregate care, and 32 report a memory care program to AHCA.
13 report beds reserved for Optional State Supplementation residents and 43 list Medicaid services on their profiles.
Which continuing care retirement communities are in Volusia County?
Florida OIR's October 2025 map lists 2 providers in Volusia County, both on the west side: John Knox Village of Central Florida (Orange City), DeLand Senior Care (DeLand).
OIR supervises the contracts and finances; AHCA licenses any assisted living or nursing units on the campus.
Who helps Volusia County seniors and caregivers?
ElderSource (Planning and Service Area 4) is the Aging and Disability Resource Center for Volusia County, at (904) 391-6600 or toll-free 1-888-242-4464; it runs Medicaid long-term care screening and the wait list for home and community-based services, and contracts with Council on Aging of Volusia County for local programs.
ElderSource's office is at 10688 Old St. Augustine Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257, and it serves Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns and Volusia counties. Beacon of Life's PACE program for Volusia, Flagler and Seminole was still awaiting federal approval in AHCA's August 2026 report.
Which hospitals serve Volusia County?
CMS's hospital data lists 6 acute-care hospitals in Volusia County: AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach in New Smyrna Beach (CMS rating 4 of 5); Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach (CMS rating 2 of 5); AdventHealth Deland in Deland (CMS rating 4 of 5); AdventHealth Daytona Beach in Daytona Beach (CMS rating 5 of 5); AdventHealth Fish Memorial in Orange City (CMS rating 5 of 5); Halifax Health /uf Health Medical Center Of Delton in Deltona (CMS rating n/a of 5).
These are CMS's overall hospital ratings, which measure different things from nursing home stars.
Volusia County and its neighbors
| Inside our directory | Outside it | |
|---|---|---|
| Counties | Volusia and Flagler addresses | St. Johns, Putnam, Lake, Seminole and Brevard |
| Rules | Florida licensing and Medicaid rules | Nothing different: the same state rules apply across the line |
| Area Agency on Aging | ElderSource (PSA 4) | Other agencies serve Seminole, Lake and Brevard |
