Sawgrass vs St. Augustine South

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

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

St. Augustine South has the higher population (4,864 vs 4,734 in Sawgrass). Sawgrass has the higher median household income ($121,519 vs $74,873 in St. Augustine South). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $319,200 in St. Augustine South).

Population, income & housing

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
Population	4,734	4,864
Median age	57.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,519	$74,873
Median home value	$841,600	$319,200
Median gross rent	$1,884	$1,452
Housing units	3,123	2,389
Homeownership rate	84.8%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
Population	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)	5,431 → 4,864 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)	$66,566 → $74,873 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)	$208,400 → $319,200 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)	$1,304 → $1,452 (+11.3%)

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 South

Population

5,4314,864

Median household income

$66,566$74,873

Median home value

$208,400$319,200

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
Under 5	2.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	21.0%	13.3%
75 and over	18.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	8.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
Drove alone	72.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
1-unit, detached	47.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sawgrass	St. Augustine South
Poverty rate	9.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1986	1984