Work & commute · St. Augustine South

Work & commute in St. Augustine South, FL

Most working residents leave St. Augustine South for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Augustine (20%), Jacksonville (18%) and St. Augustine Beach (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 2,404 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,350 St. Augustine South residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 1,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Augustine South.

2,350live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

1,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Augustine South goes to work

St. Augustine3.5 mi away

20%475

Jacksonville39.7 mi away

18%444

St. Augustine Beach2.7 mi away

3%67

St. Augustine South (in town)right here

2%54

Palm Coast21.7 mi away

2%37

St. Augustine Shores2.7 mi away

1%34

Tampa147.4 mi away

1%32

Orlando94.8 mi away

1%30

Palatka25.2 mi away

1%26

Tallahassee180.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,183

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far St. Augustine South commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

50%

24%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Augustine South is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Augustine South are

1,150 jobs are based in St. Augustine South. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Augustine South’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Augustine South

1,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs St. Augustine South residents hold

2,404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in St. Augustine South, 2013 → 2023: 990 → 1,150. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.