St. Augustine vs St. Augustine Beach

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

St. Augustine 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 has the higher population (14,979 vs 6,819 in St. Augustine Beach). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median household income ($92,661 vs $80,473 in St. Augustine). St. Augustine Beach has the higher median home value ($590,100 vs $409,200 in St. Augustine).

Population, income & housing

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
Population	14,979	6,819
Median age	46.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,473	$92,661
Median home value	$409,200	$590,100
Median gross rent	$1,560	$1,700
Housing units	8,420	4,664
Homeownership rate	63.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
Population	14,515 → 14,979 (+3.2%)	6,933 → 6,819 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$54,468 → $80,473 (+47.7%)	$86,056 → $92,661 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$271,000 → $409,200 (+51.0%)	$415,400 → $590,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,560 (+48.3%)	$1,347 → $1,700 (+26.2%)

St. Augustine

Population

14,51514,979

Median household income

$54,468$80,473

Median home value

$271,000$409,200

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,560

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)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
Under 5	1.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	7.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	15.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	23.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	17.6%
75 and over	11.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	20.3%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
Drove alone	63.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	4.3%
Worked from home	18.1%	19.8%
Other means	4.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
1-unit, detached	57.2%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	15.7%
20 or more units	7.8%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Beach
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1979	1986