Sawgrass vs St. Augustine Shores

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

Sawgrass 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.

St. Augustine Shores has the higher population (9,921 vs 4,734 in Sawgrass). Sawgrass has the higher median household income ($121,519 vs $72,724 in St. Augustine Shores). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $290,000 in St. Augustine Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
Population	4,734	9,921
Median age	57.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$121,519	$72,724
Median home value	$841,600	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,884	$1,746
Housing units	3,123	4,995
Homeownership rate	84.8%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
Population	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)	9,340 → 9,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)	$47,951 → $72,724 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)	$211,200 → $290,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)	$1,179 → $1,746 (+48.1%)

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 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)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
Under 5	2.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	4.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	21.0%	16.3%
75 and over	18.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	8.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
Drove alone	72.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
1-unit, detached	47.4%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine Shores
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1986	1994