A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

St. Augustine Beach$3,450/mo

Typical home $591K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $1,807/mo · Housing →

St. Augustine$2,480/mo

Typical home $429K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,653/mo · Housing →

The difference: $970 a month, about $11,600 a year, between St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

St. Augustine BeachSt. Augustine

St. Augustine Beach ↔ St. Augustine4.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

490 St. Augustine Beach residents work in St. Augustine (18.6% of its workers)

168 St. Augustine residents work in St. Augustine Beach (2.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in St. Augustine Beach →

Report cards

St. Augustine Beach places higher on 12 of 20 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A+St. Augustine BeachBetter than 96% of districts in the state A+St. AugustineBetter than 96% of districts in the state

Health

ASt. Augustine BeachHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns B+St. AugustineHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns

12St. Augustine Beach

7St. Augustine

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 250 towns #161#31 Most walkableOutdoors · 635 towns #55#320 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #280#104 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #541#373 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #43#193 Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #85#183 Highest incomeIncome · 635 towns #122#266 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #156#37

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of St. Augustine Beach’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

St. Augustine BeachSt. Augustine

Snow a year0″0″

January low48°F 48°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)334d 334d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 43rd

Outdoors & history

St. Augustine BeachSt. Augustine

Trails3 mi 8 mi

Conserved land3.2%10.8%

Settled1959 1565

National Register places—42

Archive photos—15

Community

St. Augustine BeachSt. Augustine

Library hours a week45 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

St. Augustine BeachSt. Augustine

People

Population 6,860Lowest 15,351Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.2%Lowest FL: +14.6% +10.4%Highest FL: +14.6%

Median age 55.7±4.1Highest 31% above FL 49.9±4.5Lowest 17% above FL

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 15%±3.7Highest FL: 19.5% 8.4%±1.8Lowest FL: 19.5%

Age 65+ 29.9%±4.5Highest FL: 21.3% 27.4%±3.5Lowest FL: 21.3%

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.4%Highest FL: 34.1% 44.6%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±2.1Lowest FL: 6.1% 13.3%±1.9Highest FL: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $100,802±$19kHighest 35% above FL $78,151±$10kLowest 5% above FL

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $634,400±$57kHighest 77% above FL $439,800±$45kLowest 23% above FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,807±$72Highest 8% above FL $1,653±$118Lowest about the FL average

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,465Highest 64% above FL $2,822Lowest 3% above FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.4%±21.3Lowest FL: 60.1% 62%±12.7Highest FL: 60.1%

St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest FL: 12.6% 14.1%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.3%Highest FL: 67.6% 63%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 1 yr older than FL 1980Lowest 8 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 14% below FL 20 minLowest 28% below FL

Work from home 26.9%±7.3Highest FL: 15.7% 17.6%±4.2Lowest FL: 15.7%

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Lowest 26.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.08Lowest 3.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Augustine (19%)Jacksonville (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 19% work in St. Augustine3% work in St. Augustine Beach

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Lowest 10.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miLowest 7.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 11Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 155Highest 73.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#168 of 488 in FL

School district —ST. JOHNS · DEAF/BLIND

High school in town —Deaf High School (FSDB)

Students per teacherat that high school — 8.1

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

St. Augustine Beach vs St. Augustine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $970 more a month in St. Augustine Beach

St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine share a border

St. Augustine Beach places higher on 12 of 20 FL lists

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