Palm Valley vs St. Augustine Beach

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

Palm Valley 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.

Palm Valley has the higher population (19,775 vs 6,819 in St. Augustine Beach). Palm Valley has the higher median household income ($118,280 vs $92,661 in St. Augustine Beach). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $590,100 in St. Augustine Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
Population	19,775	6,819
Median age	49.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,280	$92,661
Median home value	$646,200	$590,100
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,700
Housing units	9,710	4,664
Homeownership rate	79.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
Population	21,292 → 19,775 (-7.1%)	6,933 → 6,819 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$109,000 → $118,280 (+8.5%)	$86,056 → $92,661 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$476,800 → $646,200 (+35.5%)	$415,400 → $590,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,397 → $1,804 (+29.1%)	$1,347 → $1,700 (+26.2%)

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 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)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
Under 5	2.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	23.1%
65 to 74	16.2%	17.6%
75 and over	10.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	10.2%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.5%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
Drove alone	69.2%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	4.3%
Worked from home	22.1%	19.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
1-unit, detached	61.8%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	15.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Palm Valley	St. Augustine Beach
Poverty rate	4.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1991	1986