Most of New Smyrna Beach is in Volusia County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $39.13 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 3 ZIP codes in New Smyrna Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,260 to $1,550 a month. At the middle rent, $1,480, a full-time job would need to pay $46.06 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32168 | Volusia County | $1,480/mo | $46.06/hr |
| 32169 | Volusia County | $1,550/mo | $48.54/hr |
| 32170 | Volusia County | $1,260/mo | $38.24/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in New Smyrna Beach needs to pay at least $39.13 an hour before taxes, about $81,385 a year. That is the figure for Volusia County, where the typical studio rent is $1,285 a month.
Yes. Across the 3 ZIP codes in New Smyrna Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,260 to $1,550 a month. At the middle rent of $1,480, the pay needed would be $46.06 an hour.
The minimum wage in Volusia County is $15.00 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 2.6 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads