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People Statistics · City estimate

Residents 65 and over in New Smyrna Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 83 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Residents 65 and over, 2013 – 2024 percent · New Smyrna Beach · Volusia County · Florida · United States · World
+3.8 pp since 2014
New Smyrna Beach Volusia County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Residents 65 and over · percent
New Smyrna Beach
35.3%
Florida
21.3%
World
10.4% · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance New Smyrna Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 35.3% · 2024
First value 30.2% · 2013
Highest 38.1% · 2020
Lowest 30.2% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearNew Smyrna BeachChange Volusia CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 35.3% −0.0 pp 25.4% 21.3% 17.2% 10.2%
2023estimate 35.3% −0.4 pp 25.1% 21.1% 16.8% 10.0%
2022estimate 35.8% −1.5 pp 24.8% 20.9% 16.5% 9.7%
2021estimate 37.2% −0.9 pp 24.3% 20.4% 16.0% 9.5%
2020estimate 38.1% +0.1 pp 24.5% 20.5% — 9.3%
2019estimate 38.0% +0.8 pp 24.2% 20.1% — 9.1%
2018estimate 37.2% +0.8 pp 23.8% 19.7% — 8.9%
2017estimate 36.4% +1.8 pp 23.4% 19.4% — 8.7%
2016estimate 34.6% +4.1 pp 23.2% 19.1% — 8.4%
2015estimate 30.5% −1.0 pp 22.7% 18.6% — 8.3%
2014estimate 31.4% +1.3 pp 22.2% 18.2% — 8.1%
2013estimate 30.2% 21.7% 17.8% — 7.9%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryResidents 65 and over
1 Chokoloskee 82.4%
2 Manasota Key 76.6%
3 Indian River Shores 76.4%
4 Sun City Center 73.7%
5 Hutchinson Island South 68.8%
6 Longboat Key 67.7%
7 Wabasso Beach 66.8%
8 Zephyrhills West 66.1%
9 Venice 61.1%
10 Citrus Hills 60.6%
11 Palm Beach 60.4%
12 Homosassa 59.4%
13 Horseshoe Beach 59.0%
14 Pineland 58.5%
15 South Palm Beach 58.4%
16 The Meadows 58.0%
17 South Pasadena 56.7%
18 Hillsboro Beach 56.6%
19 Micco 56.0%
20 Fort Myers Beach 55.3%
21 Punta Gorda 55.3%
22 Matlacha 53.8%
23 Highland Beach 52.9%
24 Sanibel 52.3%
25 Naples 51.5%
…
59 Osprey 37.7%
60 Lely Resort 36.8%
61 Redington Shores 36.5%
62 New Smyrna Beach 36.4%
63 Grove City 36.0%
64 Cape Canaveral 35.9%
65 St Pete Beach 35.9%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

What it means

The share of residents aged 65 and over — retirees and seniors.

How it is calculated

Residents aged 65 and older divided by the total population.