City comparison
Brentwood, TN is about 550 miles (900 km) from Daytona Beach, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 12 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Brentwood, TN to Daytona Beach, FL takes about 1 h 9 min, covering roughly 550 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Brentwood, TN is on Central Time and Daytona Beach, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brentwood, it's 1 p.m. in Daytona Beach, which puts Brentwood 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Daytona Beach has a population of 73,329, vs 44,830 in Brentwood — about 1.6× larger by population. By land area, Daytona Beach covers about 67 sq mi vs 42 sq mi for Brentwood.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Brentwood | Daytona Beach | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,459/mo | $1,186/mo | 107.3% higher in Brentwood |
| Median home value | $842,400 | $211,800 | 297.7% higher in Brentwood |
| Median household income | $181,576 | $47,608 | 281.4% higher in Brentwood |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 96.5 | ≈ equal |
| Utilities index | 74.0 | 88.2 | 19.2% higher in Daytona Beach |
| Transportation index | 95.6 | 99.0 | 3.5% higher in Daytona Beach |
| Healthcare index | 95.1 | 98.5 | 3.6% higher in Daytona Beach |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Brentwood, you'd need $99,980 in Daytona Beach to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brentwood and Daytona Beach have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Brentwood than in Daytona Beach. If you earn $80,000 in Brentwood, you'd need about $79,984 in Daytona Beach to keep the same standard of living.