St. Augustine Beach vs St. Augustine Shores

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

St. Augustine Beach 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 6,819 in St. Augustine Beach). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median household income ($92,661 vs $72,724 in St. Augustine Shores). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median home value ($590,100 vs $290,000 in St. Augustine Shores).

Population, income & housing

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Population	6,819	9,921
Median age	55.3 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,661	$72,724
Median home value	$590,100	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,700	$1,746
Housing units	4,664	4,995
Homeownership rate	73.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Population	6,933 → 6,819 (-1.6%)	9,340 → 9,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$86,056 → $92,661 (+7.7%)	$47,951 → $72,724 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$415,400 → $590,100 (+42.1%)	$211,200 → $290,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,700 (+26.2%)	$1,179 → $1,746 (+48.1%)

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

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)

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Under 5	0.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	23.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	17.6%	16.3%
75 and over	10.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	13.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Drove alone	70.6%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	15.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
1-unit, detached	50.9%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	13.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Augustine Beach	St. Augustine Shores
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1986	1994