Fruit Cove vs St. Augustine Shores

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

Fruit Cove 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.

Fruit Cove has the higher population (35,609 vs 9,921 in St. Augustine Shores). Fruit Cove has the higher median household income ($137,906 vs $72,724 in St. Augustine Shores). Fruit Cove has the higher median home value ($451,600 vs $290,000 in St. Augustine Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
Population	35,609	9,921
Median age	41.8 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,906	$72,724
Median home value	$451,600	$290,000
Median gross rent	$2,261	$1,746
Housing units	12,489	4,995
Homeownership rate	85.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
Population	31,314 → 35,609 (+13.7%)	9,340 → 9,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$107,557 → $137,906 (+28.2%)	$47,951 → $72,724 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$333,400 → $451,600 (+35.5%)	$211,200 → $290,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,763 → $2,261 (+28.2%)	$1,179 → $1,746 (+48.1%)

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 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)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
Under 5	3.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.3%
75 and over	6.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.9%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
Drove alone	69.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	22.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	15.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
1-unit, detached	87.5%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	13.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fruit Cove	St. Augustine Shores
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	2002	1994