Bethune Beach is a neighborhood in southeast New Smyrna Beach, in the 32169 zip code, built most often in the 1980s. Homes are block and wood frame. Most homes fall between about 1,300 and 4,000 square feet under air, the median lot is about an eighth of an acre, and a two car garage is standard.
Most of Bethune Beach carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Most often built in the 1980s (40% of homes), with homes from 1945 to 2027.
Construction Block and wood frame. Shingle roofs on 52% of homes.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,300 and 4,000 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 about an eighth of an acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Bethune Beach is
Bethune Beach, centered at 28.954441, -80.842301. 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
40.8
Orlando International Airport
80 min
78.8
Daytona Beach oceanfront
41 min
24.7
Downtown DeLand
45 min
31.7
Public schools nearby
Indian River Elementary School 25 min, 14.4 mi
Private schools nearby
360 Prep Academy 22 min, 12.5 mi
Creative Pathways Preparatory Academy 26 min, 16.1 mi
Parks and recreation
Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park 1 min, 0.4 mi
Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve 5 min, 3.0 mi
Groceries and errands
Going for the Greens 29 min, 15.9 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 9 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 20 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 October 2026.
What homes sold for in Bethune Beach
$945,000Median sale price
$589Median per square foot
93 daysMedian days to contract
20Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $478,000 to $4,125,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
11
$600,000
$593
79 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
5
$915,000
$375
111 days
3,000 sq ft and up
4
$3,152,508
$740
60 days
A price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Price cuts and time to contract
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 13 sales, closed at 95.2% of asking64 days
Reduced at least once 7 sales, closed at 91.5% of the reduced price173 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 64 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 173 days and still closed at 91.5% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $126,000.
Seller concessions
20%Of sales included a seller credit
$12,492Typical credit when there was one
4 of 20Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
Cash 12 sales60%
Conventional 7 sales35%
Private 1 sale5%
Cash was 60% 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 20 October 2025 through 15 October 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of October 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.
