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Aerial view of the Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, FL 2025-05-20Photo: Schwerdf · CC BY 4.0
The St. Augustine handbook

Living in St. Augustine, FL: what to set up and who to call

St. Augustine spans 3 ZIP codes; 32084 holds the most residents (66%). The closest ER is Flagler Hospital, 2.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. Augustine, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in St. Augustine.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Augustine. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from St. Augustine WS water system

The St. Augustine WS water system supplies St. Augustine: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 43,069 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL2550210.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve St. Augustine

99% of 6,190 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 56% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable95%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless83%5,000/5,000
IQ FiberFiber22%5,000/5,000
Hotwire CommunicationsFiber4%1,000/200
VerizonFixed wireless82%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless43%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in St. Augustine: every week

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Augustine, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbcitystaug.com
Curbside recyclingEvery weekRecycling picked up at the curbcitystaug.com
Drop-off center

City of St. Augustine Solid Waste Facility (Free Drop-Off Locations)

601 Riberia Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Paper
  • Aluminum and steel cans
  • Flattened cardboard
  • Milk and juice cartons
  • Plastic bottles and containers
  • Tin
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOversized debris: contact Solid Waste at 904-825-1049; a removal fee may apply if debris exceeds size or weight limits; bulk item pickup and removal handled through Solid Waste
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecitystaug.com →

From citystaug.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. Augustine kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–816 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your address

St. Augustine is in St. Johns County School District.

A+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

St. Augustine spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where St. Augustine residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. AugustineZIP’s residents in St. Augustine
32084Saint Augustine, FL66%27%
32080Saint Augustine, FL32%21%
32095Saint Augustine, FL3%2%

32085 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code904Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in St. Augustine

Who supplies St. Augustine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The St. Augustine WS water system (EPA ID FL2550210). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. Augustine?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve St. Augustine?

Xfinity, AT&T, IQ Fiber, Hotwire Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. Augustine?

32084 (66%), 32080 (32%), 32095 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. Augustine in?

St. Johns County School District.

How do I register to vote in St. Augustine?

In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the St. Johns Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: St. Augustine’s own website (citystaug.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.