Work & commute · St. Augustine

Work & commute in St. Augustine, FL

About one in 4 of St. Augustine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (21%), St. Augustine Beach (3%) and Tampa (1%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,621 of 6,107 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,486 St. Augustine residents head out of town to work, 1,621 work right here, and 18,982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Augustine.

4,486live here, work elsewhere

1,621live and work here

18,982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Augustine goes to work

St. Augustine (in town)right here

27%1,621

Jacksonville36.9 mi away

21%1,254

St. Augustine Beach4.5 mi away

3%168

Tampa150.6 mi away

1%82

Orlando98.4 mi away

1%79

World Golf Village11.8 mi away

1%64

Palm Valley21.9 mi away

1%58

Palatka27.5 mi away

1%51

Gainesville63.8 mi away

1%47

Jacksonville Beach26.4 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,637

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

How far

How far St. Augustine commutes

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

47%

24%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Augustine is a job hub

3.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Augustine are

20,603 jobs are based in St. Augustine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Augustine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Augustine

20,603 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs St. Augustine residents hold

6,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+37%

Jobs based in St. Augustine, 2013 → 2023: 15,075 → 20,603. 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.