Volusia County, FL Development Impact Fees (2026)

What a single-family home pays in Volusia County

$23,158 total per unit across 7 fee categories.

At $23,158, Volusia County is below the Florida tracked median of $29,203 — relatively affordable to build in.

Full fee schedule — single-family

Coverage & caveats

Source of truth for COUNTY impact fees is Volusia County's official "Residential Impact Fee Schedule," current version effective June 3, 2026 (volusia.org/file/6204/2026-Residential.pdf, linked from the county Impact Fee Schedules page; published 6/4/2026). Volusia County is a single collection point for FIVE county impact fees: (1) Thoroughfare Road (transportation), (2) Schools, (3) Fire, (4) EMS, and (5) Cultural/Recreational Parks (split into a Local Park line and a District/Coastal Park line). The county schedule is TIERED BY HOME SIZE (sq ft) for the Road/Fire/EMS/Park components; Schools is a FLAT per-unit amount. PRIMARY single-family row = the 1,701-2,200 sq ft tier (representative ~2,000 sq ft home), Unincorporated (County) column = TOTAL $14,181.48/du (Road $5,464 + Fire $596.81 + EMS $69.97 + Local Park $384 + District/Coastal Park $644 + Schools $7,022.70). Other size tiers (<=1,200 sq ft TOTAL $13,272.71; 2,201-3,000 sq ft TOTAL $14,635.72; >3,000 sq ft TOTAL $15,188.21) are included as excludeFromTotal reference rows. JURISDICTION SPLIT: schedule has two columns - Unincorporated (County) and Incorporated (City). In INCORPORATED cities, builders skip county Fire and Local Park (cities provide their own); Lake Helen, Pierson and Oak Hill also pay Fire (county fire). Primary rows use Unincorporated column. FLORIDA NOTE: Florida counties CAN levy a school impact fee - Volusia's is $7,022.70 SFD, the single largest residential impact fee; collected by the County for Volusia County Schools. MULTIFAMILY: explicit per-unit Road and School fees by housing type (Duplex Road $4,733; Triplex/quad/low-rise Road $3,700; High-rise Road $2,489; all Schools $3,728.95/unit), but Fire/EMS/Park for multifamily are 'per tiered rate', so county does not publish a flat multifamily TOTAL ('to be calculated'); Duplex row included as representative multifamily row (excludeFromTotal=true). Mobile Home/RV within a park: Road $1,903 + School $1,415.25/unit (rest per tiered rate). WATER/SEWER: Volusia County Water Resources & Utility Services charges water+sewer Development (impact) Fees, schedule effective 01/01/26: WATER (unsoftened, DeBary/Deltona North) CIAC $879.38 + Connection $869.34 = $1,748.72; WATER (softened, Halifax Plantation/Southeast/Spruce Creek Fly-In) = $2,026.77 (alternative, excluded); SEWER CIAC $1,638.15 + Connection $2,212.69 = $3,850.84; plus 5/8"x3/4" meter install $375 and sewer tap-in <4ft $975 (additive). CRITICAL CAVEAT: the COUNTY water/sewer utility serves ONLY a few unincorporated service areas; most Volusia residents are served by CITY utilities with their own connection/capacity fees NOT captured here. CATEGORIES THAT DO NOT EXIST as Volusia County residential impact fees: NO separate law-enforcement/police impact fee (only Fire and EMS public-safety side); NO standalone library impact fee; NO drainage/stormwater county impact fee; NO general/capital-buildings impact fee; NO affordable-housing/open-space/mitigation impact fee. PRIMARY ESTIMATE for a representative ~2,000 sq ft SFD in unincorporated Volusia served by the county utility: county impact fees $14,181.48 + water dev $1,748.72 + sewer dev $3,850.84 + meter $375 + sewer tap $975 ~= $21,131 (water/sewer portion replaced by the relevant city utility's fees outside county service areas). VERIFY: Independent analyst re-fetched all 4 sources on 2026-06-17. volusia.org returns CloudFront 403 to direct curl and to WebFetch; both PDFs were retrieved verbatim via the r.jina.ai reader proxy (Source 0: 2026-Residential.pdf, 2 pages, published 2026-06-04; Source 3: 01-01-26 utility Development Fee Schedule, 1 page, published 2026-01-05). Source 2 (FAQ page) retrieved via jina and CONFIRMS verbatim: "Volusia County has five growth-related impact fees, including Transportation (roads), Education (schools), Parks and Recreation, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Fire Rescue" - validating the five-fee structure and the absence of any police/law-enforcement impact fee. Source 1 (fee-schedules listing page) is JS-rendered and its document links did not capture through jina; it is a non-load-bearing supporting source (no fee amount depends on it) and is retained as-is. Confirmed 14 of 14 fee rows verbatim against the official PDFs (all amounts and quotes matched exactly); dropped 0. Representative SFD total recomputed from confirmed primary rows = $14,181.48, which matches the source 'Total' line for the 1,701-2,200 tier exactly (no double-counting). CATEGORY CORRECTION: EMS row category changed from 'police' to 'public_safety' (EMS is a public-safety, not law-enforcement, fee). excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed - all four excluded rows (2,201-3,000 tier, <=1,200 tier, multifamily Duplex, softened water) were already correctly marked excludeFromTotal=true; all ten primary rows correctly remain in the total. (The single trailing placeholder fee row carries no real fee data and should be ignored/removed by the importer.)

County impact fees are from the current Residential Impact Fee Schedule effective June 3, 2026. Primary SFD rows use the 1,701-2,200 sq ft tier, Unincorporated (County) column (a builder in unincorporated Volusia pays all five fees). 'Thoroughfare Road' = the county transportation/roads impact fee; 'Cultural/Rec Local Park' + 'Cultural/Rec District/Coastal Park' together = the Parks & Recreation impact fee (both additive in unincorporated areas). EMS is mapped to a public_safety category (corrected from 'police' by independent verification) and is the only public-safety impact fee besides Fire (Volusia has NO police/law-enforcement impact fee, per the county FAQ). The Schools fee is flat per unit ($7,022.70 SFD) and collected by the County for Volusia County Schools. Multifamily Road and School fees are explicit per unit, but Fire/EMS/Park use the SFD square-footage tier per unit, so the multifamily total is 'to be calculated' (Duplex row included as representative, excludeFromTotal). Water/sewer Development Fees are from the Volusia County Water Resources & Utility Services schedule effective 01/01/26 and APPLY ONLY in the county utility's limited unincorporated service areas (DeBary, Deltona North = unsoftened; Halifax Plantation, Southeast, Spruce Creek Fly-In = softened, higher water fee); most of the county is served by city utilities with separate fees. Water dev fee (unsoftened) and sewer dev fee are additive; meter installation and sewer tap-in are additive physical-installation charges. Multiple SFD size tiers and the softened-water variant are included as excludeFromTotal reference rows to avoid double-counting. All figures independently re-verified verbatim on 2026-06-17.

Sources

4 official sources · 13 high-confidence figures.

Volusia County impact fees — FAQ

How much are development impact fees in Volusia County, FL for a single-family home?

As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Volusia County are about $23,158 per unit — roughly $14,181 in impact/development fees plus $8,976 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.

Are impact fees in Volusia County the same as building permit fees?

No. Impact fees (and water/sewer connection fees) fund off-site capital — roads, parks, schools, utilities — and are charged per new dwelling unit. Building permit and plan-review fees are separate and are not included here.

How often do Volusia County's impact fees change?

Most jurisdictions adopt fees by ordinance and escalate them annually (often by a construction cost index), with occasional mid-year updates. Always confirm the current adopted schedule with the jurisdiction. ImpactFeeAtlas last verified Volusia County on 2026-06-17.