Butler Beach vs St. Augustine Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Butler Beach and St. Augustine Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler Beach and St. Augustine Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Augustine Beach has the higher population (6,819 vs 4,723 in Butler Beach). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median household income ($92,661 vs $76,776 in Butler Beach). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median home value ($590,100 vs $469,100 in Butler Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
Population	4,723	6,819
Median age	61.7 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,776	$92,661
Median home value	$469,100	$590,100
Median gross rent	$1,682	$1,700
Housing units	4,829	4,664
Homeownership rate	85.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
Population	4,716 → 4,723 (+0.1%)	6,933 → 6,819 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$82,737 → $76,776 (-7.2%)	$86,056 → $92,661 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $469,100 (+33.9%)	$415,400 → $590,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,428 → $1,682 (+17.8%)	$1,347 → $1,700 (+26.2%)

Butler Beach

Population

4,7164,723

Median household income

$82,737$76,776

Median home value

$350,300$469,100

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,682

St. Augustine Beach

Population

6,9336,819

Median household income

$86,056$92,661

Median home value

$415,400$590,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
Under 5	1.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	4.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	4.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	25.8%	23.1%
65 to 74	25.3%	17.6%
75 and over	15.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
Drove alone	67.4%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	25.7%	19.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
1-unit, detached	49.8%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	15.7%
20 or more units	16.7%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1988	1986