Bethune Beach is a neighborhood in southeast New Smyrna Beach, in the 32169 zip code, built mostly in the 1980s. Homes are block and stucco. Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 4,200 square feet under air, the median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre, and a two car garage is standard.
Bethune Beach has an optional homeowners association rather than a mandatory one, so there is no deed restricted membership to inherit. Dues run about $25 annually for those who join. Confirm the position on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1980s, with homes from 1975 to 2012.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Style Coastal, Cape Cod, Florida. Predominantly three or more story.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 4,200 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Optional rather than mandatory, so there is no deed restricted membership. Dues run about $25 annually for those who join. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Bethune Beach is
Bethune Beach, centered at 28.959619, -80.845612. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Bethune Beach, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
DeBary SunRail
51 min
40.6
Orlando International Airport
80 min
78.5
Daytona Beach oceanfront
42 min
24.4
Downtown DeLand
45 min
31.5
Public schools nearby
Indian River Elementary School 26 min, 14.2 mi
Private schools nearby
360 Prep Academy 22 min, 12.3 mi
Creative Pathways Preparatory Academy 26 min, 15.9 mi
Parks and recreation
Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park 4 min, 0.7 mi
Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve 5 min, 2.7 mi
Groceries and errands
Going for the Greens 29 min, 15.7 mi
Publix Super Market at Edgewater Commons 25 min, 13.7 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Bethune Beach by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Volusia County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 7 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Bethune Beach actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 2 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated September 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Bethune Beach
$1,432,500Median sale price
$835Median per square foot
181 daysMedian days to contract
2Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $1,000,000 to $1,865,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 1 sales, closed at 95.2% of asking93 days
Reduced at least once 1 sales, closed at 90.9% of the reduced price269 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 93 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 269 days and still closed at 90.9% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $300,000. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
How buyers paid
Cash 2 sales100%
Cash was 100% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Bethune Beach, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Bethune Beach in New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, covering closed sales from 12 September 2025 through 7 September 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of September 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
