St. Augustine vs St. Augustine Shores

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

St. Augustine 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 has the higher population (14,979 vs 9,921 in St. Augustine Shores). St. Augustine has the higher median household income ($80,473 vs $72,724 in St. Augustine Shores). St. Augustine has the higher median home value ($409,200 vs $290,000 in St. Augustine Shores).

Population, income & housing

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
Population	14,979	9,921
Median age	46.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,473	$72,724
Median home value	$409,200	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,560	$1,746
Housing units	8,420	4,995
Homeownership rate	63.7%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
Population	14,515 → 14,979 (+3.2%)	9,340 → 9,921 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$54,468 → $80,473 (+47.7%)	$47,951 → $72,724 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$271,000 → $409,200 (+51.0%)	$211,200 → $290,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,560 (+48.3%)	$1,179 → $1,746 (+48.1%)

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 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	St. Augustine Shores
Under 5	1.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	7.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	16.3%
75 and over	11.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	88.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
Drove alone	63.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	22.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	15.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
1-unit, detached	57.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	13.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Augustine	St. Augustine Shores
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1979	1994