Butler Beach vs St. Augustine Shores

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

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

St. Augustine Shores has the higher population (9,921 vs 4,723 in Butler Beach). Butler Beach has the higher median household income ($76,776 vs $72,724 in St. Augustine Shores). Butler Beach has the higher median home value ($469,100 vs $290,000 in St. Augustine Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Population	4,723	9,921
Median age	61.7 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,776	$72,724
Median home value	$469,100	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,682	$1,746
Housing units	4,829	4,995
Homeownership rate	85.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Population	4,716 → 4,723 (+0.1%)	9,340 → 9,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$82,737 → $76,776 (-7.2%)	$47,951 → $72,724 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $469,100 (+33.9%)	$211,200 → $290,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,428 → $1,682 (+17.8%)	$1,179 → $1,746 (+48.1%)

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 Shores

Population

9,3409,921

Median household income

$47,951$72,724

Median home value

$211,200$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Under 5	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	25.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	25.3%	16.3%
75 and over	15.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Drove alone	67.4%	60.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	15.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
1-unit, detached	49.8%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	13.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.2%
Average household size	1.83	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1988	1994