Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 9,462 people, lies in Florida. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
St. Augustine Shores does the important things well, at a cost. Its strongest subject is schools: its schools outperform 96% of the state's. The trade-off is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $339K, 4.3 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking 57th of 634 in Florida. That leaves it better than two thirds of U.S. towns. Moultrie Church and Henry S. O'Brien Estate is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 8 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on hazard risk.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where St. Augustine Shores beats most towns.
7,359 counted in 2010 and 8,706 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far St. Augustine Shores is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,411 in 1990, 8,706 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1937 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Augustine Shores. Close and well known come first.
6 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
6 mi LighthouseSt. Augustine Light
7 mi National MonumentFort Matanzas National Monument653K visitors a year
9 mi State parkFort Mose Historic State Park
11 mi Theme parkMarineland of Florida
6 mi MuseumLightner MuseumCastillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · St. Augustine Light: Viktoriya Sorochuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Matanzas National Monument: Saginaw66, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mose Historic State Park: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marineland of Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5 · Lightner Museum: Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0
St. Augustine Shores is unincorporated, so St. Johns County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Augustine Shores.
St. Augustine Shores carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Florida (mostly inland flooding), has schools in the top 5% of Florida and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
That grade ranks #1 of the 638 Florida towns we grade for schools. It comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $339K.
Its one school is below. 596 students attend St. Augustine Shores’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. Douglas Hartley ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 596 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 3,771 working residents takes 21.2 minutes, against 28 across Florida. Jobs based here grew from 457 in 2013 to 1,240.
The typical journey to work for St. Augustine Shores comes to 21 minutes, against 27 minutes in Florida’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most people who work leave St. Augustine Shores to do it: just 4% work in town. Jobs based in St. Augustine Shores grew to 1,240 in 2023, 783 more than in 2013. The share of residents in St. Augustine Shores who live below the poverty line: 5%.
| St. Augustine Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 18% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 34% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide). The median age for St. Augustine Shores comes to 52.8 years, above both the Florida town median (42.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). For residents here, the share who are under 18 is 16%. A bachelor’s degree or higher: just over a third of adults 25 and older, vs 34% across Florida.
| St. Augustine Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.8 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 31% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| St. Augustine Shores | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.4% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.1% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the Florida average, St. Augustine Shores comes out ahead on 13 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 7. In St. Augustine Shores, 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours. 83% of adults here had a checkup this year; 42% have high blood pressure.
| St. Augustine Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | St. Augustine Shores | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.5% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 47.5°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.3°. The St Augustine Lighthouse weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 62 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 89% of Florida places with climate records.
The July high for St. Augustine Shores comes to 90°F. Snow almost never falls.
| St. Augustine Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 48°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of Florida towns, with expected losses of about $224 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in St. Augustine Shores once, in 2017. FEMA puts 42% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is Moses Creek Conservation Area, at 118 acres. Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.2 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moses Creek Conservation Area | — | 118 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
84.7% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 60.1% across Florida.
St. Augustine Shores’ going rate for rent comes in at $2,084 a month. Homes sold in St. Augustine Shores spent a median 100 days on the market. Among households here, 76% own their home.
| St. Augustine Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,084 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of St. Augustine Shores
About 4 of every 100 St. Augustine Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Where St. Augustine Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
CDP in Florida, United States
St. Augustine Shores or Saint Augustine Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,706, up from 7,359 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. St. Augustine Shores grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #57 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $339,000, 10% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
