Volusia County, Florida Eviction Risk: Very Low

Volusia County scores 2.4/10 (Low risk) as a county-wide average across 24 cities, placing it at rank 17 of 67 Florida eviction laws counties, meaning 16 counties carry more risk and 50 are more landlord-friendly. That puts the county squarely in the higher-risk third of the state, a nuance worth weighing even though the Low label sounds reassuring. For context, the average rent across the county is $1,532 per month, and roughly 28.3% of residents are renters, a relatively modest renter share that keeps vacancy pressure moderate in most submarkets.

That county average of 2.4/10 masks real spread. Individual city scores in Volusia County range from 1.6 to 2.8, a gap wide enough to change your underwriting calculus entirely depending on which ZIP code you target. A landlord buying in the low end of that range is operating in a meaningfully different environment than one buying near the top, even though both properties would carry the same county label on a map.

The cities inside Volusia County

The highest-risk city in the county is Daytona Beach at 2.8/10, followed by Holly Hill at 2.6/10 and DeLand at 2.3/10 (population 41,611). Further down the riskiest list sit Deltona (population 97,334, score 2.2/10), Port Orange (population 64,767, score 2.4/10), and a cluster of DeLand-adjacent communities, North DeLand, DeLand Southwest, and West DeLand, scoring between 3.2 and 3.3. These inland and near-coastal markets carry the heaviest concentration of eviction-risk signals in the county.

At the other end of the spectrum, Daytona Beach scores just 2.8/10 despite being the largest city in the county by population at 78,992, and DeBary and Ormond Beach both sit at 2.2/10. New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater each come in at 2.3/10. The takeaway is that risk is hyper-local here: two properties three miles apart can carry meaningfully different tenant-default and vacancy profiles, so city-level data matters far more than the county headline.

State-level laws that apply here

Every rental in Volusia County falls under Fla. Stat. § 83 Part II (Residential Tenancies). Florida eviction process timelines depend on notice type and tenant response. Non-payment of rent requires only a 3-day notice under Fla. Stat. § 83.56(3), which is among the shortest in the country. Material non-compliance, whether curable or non-curable, requires a 7-day notice. Month-to-month lease terminations require 15 days. Under HB-621 (2024), squatters with no rental agreement can be removed without a notice period. Once filed, an uncontested case typically resolves in 20 to 30 days; a contested case can run 45 to 110 days.

On Florida eviction costs, landlords should budget for court filing fees of $185 to $400, sheriff lockout fees of $90 to $175, and attorney fees of $750 to $3,500 depending on complexity. Florida eviction laws does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy, and state law preempts any local rent control ordinance under FL Stat §125.0103, except in a declared housing emergency. For a full breakdown of tenant rights and landlord obligations, the Florida security deposit limits and Florida tenant protections guides cover the statewide framework in detail.

With a 12.6% average poverty rate and renter share of 28.3%, Volusia County sits in a middle tier of financial stress for renters; the city grid above breaks that picture down to the neighborhood level so you can compare specific markets before committing capital.