Most of St. Augustine South commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn St. Augustine South A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Employers in St. Augustine South report 1,150 jobs for 2,404 working residents. The poverty rate is 1.8%, against 12.6% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in St. Augustine South: the gist
What’s behind St. Augustine South’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Augustine South is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #108 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,996, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Augustine South could be anywhere from B− to A.
The trip to work from St. Augustine South: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Augustine South workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,322 commuters (the 9% 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.
The daily commute in and out of St. Augustine South
On a workday 2,350 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 1,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in St. Augustine South on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in St. Augustine
Where St. Augustine South clocks in
20% of workers
18% of workers
3% 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 kinds of work in St. Augustine South
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 South’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from St. Augustine South
About 19% 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.
In St. Augustine South, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Augustine South is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #467 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,549 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% 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 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 0.0% of St. Augustine South households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Augustine South’s commuters take a bus or train.
850th of 3,867: where St. Augustine South ranks among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 848 | Cedarburg WI | 6,169 | $124K | 4.5% | 6.3% | 2% | A− |
| 849 | Farmers Loop AK | 4,954 | $110K | 1.8% | 2.8% | — | A− |
| 850 | St. Augustine South FL | 4,714 | $76K | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 851 | Hadley Township MI | 4,555 | $111K | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A− |
| 852 | Pine Township PA | 4,730 | $94K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 South, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 20% of St. Augustine South’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Augustine South workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine South | – | A− | B− | 18 min | $75,996 |
| St. Augustine | 20% | B− | A | 20 min | $78,151 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Augustine. Darker towns draw more of St. Augustine South’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 South: questions
What is the median household income in St. Augustine South?
$75,996 (±$12,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Augustine South?
1.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Augustine South?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Augustine South work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Augustine (20%, 4 mi), Jacksonville (18%, 40 mi), St. Augustine Beach (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Augustine South walkable?
St. Augustine South is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Augustine South without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Augustine South, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Augustine South
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.