Photo: Schwerdf · CC BY 4.0St. Augustine draws 18,982 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 20,603 jobs in St. Augustine, against 6,107 working residents. St. Augustine grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 2.1 in Jacksonville.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in St. Augustine
St. Augustine has far more jobs than workers
St. Augustine has 20,603 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 31,000 people are in town, 90% more than the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
St. Augustine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Augustine is Jacksonville, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (1,254) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The biggest group of St. Augustine’s workers comes from Jacksonville
2,168 of the people who work in St. Augustine live in Jacksonville, 37 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Commutes from St. Augustine are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
St. Augustine has added jobs fast
Jobs based in St. Augustine went from 15,075 in 2013 to 20,603 in 2023, +37%. 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.
Income, poverty and work: St. Augustine’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Augustine is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #343 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds St. Augustine’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Augustine could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many people are in St. Augustine by day
On a workday 4,486 residents head out to work and 1,621 work right here.
About 31,000 people are in St. Augustine on a workday afternoon, 90% more 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.
Short hops and long hauls from St. Augustine
About 21% 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.
Commuting in to St. Augustine: where workers come from
Where St. Augustine clocks in
21% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from St. Augustine takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Augustine workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,059 commuters (the 18% 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
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: St. Augustine
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Augustine is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #56 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place St. Augustine 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 7,349 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 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). 8.8% of St. Augustine households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Augustine’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Augustine next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000: 1,402nd of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 83 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,400 | Saraland AL | 16,652 | $62K | 10.1% | 3.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,401 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,402 | St. Augustine FL | 16,141 | $78K | 14.1% | 3.8% | 27% | B− |
| 1,403 | Effingham IL | 12,406 | $72K | 14.6% | 2.6% | 48% | B− |
| 1,404 | Harrison Township IN | 13,718 | $67K | 9.0% | 4.4% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
St. Augustine and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to St. Augustine Beach (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Augustine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine | – | B− | A | 20 min | $78,151 |
| St. Augustine South | under 1% | A− | B− | 18 min | $75,996 |
| St. Augustine Beach | 3% | B− | A | 24 min | $100,802 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Augustine’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: questions
What is the median household income in St. Augustine?
$78,151 (±$9,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Augustine?
14.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Augustine?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Augustine work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (21%, 37 mi), St. Augustine Beach (3%, 4 mi), Tampa (1%, 151 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Augustine walkable?
St. Augustine is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Augustine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Augustine, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Augustine
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.