Fruit Cove vs St. Augustine

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

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

Fruit Cove has the higher population (35,609 vs 14,979 in St. Augustine). Fruit Cove has the higher median household income ($137,906 vs $80,473 in St. Augustine). Fruit Cove has the higher median home value ($451,600 vs $409,200 in St. Augustine).

Population, income & housing

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
Population	35,609	14,979
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,906	$80,473
Median home value	$451,600	$409,200
Median gross rent	$2,261	$1,560
Housing units	12,489	8,420
Homeownership rate	85.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
Population	31,314 → 35,609 (+13.7%)	14,515 → 14,979 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$107,557 → $137,906 (+28.2%)	$54,468 → $80,473 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$333,400 → $451,600 (+35.5%)	$271,000 → $409,200 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,763 → $2,261 (+28.2%)	$1,052 → $1,560 (+48.3%)

Fruit Cove

Population

31,31435,609

Median household income

$107,557$137,906

Median home value

$333,400$451,600

Median gross rent

$1,763$2,261

St. Augustine

Population

14,51514,979

Median household income

$54,468$80,473

Median home value

$271,000$409,200

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
Under 5	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	15.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.5%
75 and over	6.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	82.6%
Black or African American	5.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.9%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
Drove alone	69.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	26.6%	18.1%
Other means	0.7%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
1-unit, detached	87.5%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	21.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine
Poverty rate	3.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.99	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	2002	1979