Palm Valley vs St. Augustine

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

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

Palm Valley has the higher population (19,775 vs 14,979 in St. Augustine). Palm Valley has the higher median household income ($118,280 vs $80,473 in St. Augustine). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $409,200 in St. Augustine).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
Population	19,775	14,979
Median age	49.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,280	$80,473
Median home value	$646,200	$409,200
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,560
Housing units	9,710	8,420
Homeownership rate	79.3%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
Population	21,292 → 19,775 (-7.1%)	14,515 → 14,979 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$109,000 → $118,280 (+8.5%)	$54,468 → $80,473 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$476,800 → $646,200 (+35.5%)	$271,000 → $409,200 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,397 → $1,804 (+29.1%)	$1,052 → $1,560 (+48.3%)

Palm Valley

Population

21,29219,775

Median household income

$109,000$118,280

Median home value

$476,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,397$1,804

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)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
Under 5	2.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	15.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	14.5%
75 and over	10.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	82.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	10.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
Drove alone	69.2%	63.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.2%
Worked from home	22.1%	18.1%
Other means	0.8%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
1-unit, detached	61.8%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	21.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine
Poverty rate	4.1%	12.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1991	1979