Best PlacesSt. Augustine Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Augustine Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
St. Augustine Beach ranks 5,758th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Augustine Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
St. Augustine Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Augustine Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where St. Augustine Beach ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,222 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Augustine Beach
A household needs to earn about $159,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Augustine Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,725, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses St. Augustine Beach's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for St. Augustine Beach.
Who works in St. Augustine Beach, and how
Work in St. Augustine Beach centers on professional & technical and real estate. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of St. Augustine Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Augustine Beach, month by month
St. Augustine Beach sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 75° | 67° |
Flying in and out of St. Augustine Beach
The nearest airport, Daytona Beach International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Augustine Beach
Schools across St. Augustine Beach average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R. B. Hunt Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- W. Douglas Hartley ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- South Woods Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sebastian Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Gamble Rogers Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Pedro Menendez High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Augustine Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Augustine Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare St. Augustine Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Augustine Beach
Is St. Augustine Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Augustine Beach ranks 5,758th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and low taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Augustine Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $622,315. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $97,725 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is St. Augustine Beach safe?
Yes, St. Augustine Beach is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $126 per resident a year.
Compare St. Augustine Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Augustine Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Augustine Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
St. Augustine Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Augustine Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Augustine Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Augustine Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Augustine Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Augustine Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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