Sawgrass vs St. Augustine Beach

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

Sawgrass 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.

St. Augustine Beach has the higher population (6,819 vs 4,734 in Sawgrass). Sawgrass has the higher median household income ($121,519 vs $92,661 in St. Augustine Beach). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $590,100 in St. Augustine Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
Population	4,734	6,819
Median age	57.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,519	$92,661
Median home value	$841,600	$590,100
Median gross rent	$1,884	$1,700
Housing units	3,123	4,664
Homeownership rate	84.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
Population	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)	6,933 → 6,819 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)	$86,056 → $92,661 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)	$415,400 → $590,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)	$1,347 → $1,700 (+26.2%)

Sawgrass

Population

4,8414,734

Median household income

$89,700$121,519

Median home value

$529,900$841,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,884

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)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
Under 5	2.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	23.1%
65 to 74	21.0%	17.6%
75 and over	18.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	8.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
Drove alone	72.8%	70.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	4.3%
Worked from home	23.5%	19.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
1-unit, detached	47.4%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	15.7%
20 or more units	6.7%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Beach
Poverty rate	9.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1986	1986