Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0St. Augustine Beach has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
For 27% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida. Jobs and income earn St. Augustine Beach B−; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 2.1 in Jacksonville.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where St. Augustine Beach stands out on work
St. Augustine Beach trades workers with the towns around it
St. Augustine Beach has about as many jobs (2,840) as working residents (2,634), but they are mostly different people: 2,374 residents leave for work each day while 2,580 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in St. Augustine Beach are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of St. Augustine Beach works from home
27% of St. Augustine Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Augustine Beach
59% of St. Augustine Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in St. Augustine Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
St. Augustine Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in St. Augustine Beach went from 2,053 in 2013 to 2,840 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in St. Augustine Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Augustine Beach is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #338 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds St. Augustine Beach’s grade up ($100,802, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Augustine Beach could be anywhere from C to A.
Who works in St. Augustine Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,374 residents head out to work, 260 work right here, and 2,580 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from St. Augustine Beach: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Augustine Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,049 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Services make up most of the work in St. Augustine Beach
2,840 jobs are based in St. Augustine Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Augustine Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,053 → 2,840. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Augustine Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
19% of working residents work in St. Augustine
Where St. Augustine Beach clocks in
19% of workers
18% of workers
1% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from St. Augustine Beach to work
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
St. Augustine Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Augustine Beach is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #101 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place St. Augustine Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,804 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of St. Augustine Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Augustine Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Augustine Beach places 1,791st of 3,168 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,789 | Greenfield NY | 8,067 | $86K | 15.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,790 | Colebrookdale Township PA | 5,184 | $90K | 10.3% | 9.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,791 | St. Augustine Beach FL | 6,810 | $101K | 8.1% | 6.7% | 10% | B− |
| 1,792 | Pennfield Township MI | 8,681 | $66K | 9.9% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,793 | North Fort Lewis WA | 6,337 | $70K | 12.5% | 16.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of St. Augustine Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
20% of St. Augustine Beach works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to St. Augustine (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Augustine Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine Beach | – | B− | A | 24 min | $100,802 |
| Butler Beach | 1% | C | B+ | 26 min | $76,689 |
| St. Augustine | 19% | B− | A | 20 min | $78,151 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Augustine Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in St. Augustine Beach: questions
What is the median household income in St. Augustine Beach?
$100,802 (±$19,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Augustine Beach?
8.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Augustine Beach?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Augustine Beach work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Augustine (19%, 4 mi), Jacksonville (18%, 41 mi), Tampa (1%, 148 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Augustine Beach walkable?
St. Augustine Beach is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Augustine Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Augustine Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Augustine Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.