Best PlacesSt. Augustine, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Augustine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
St. Augustine ranks 40,509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Augustine
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Augustine ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 68% of towns
Where St. Augustine ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Augustine
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Augustine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,385, 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's effective rate of 0.97%, 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
St. Augustine 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.
Who works in St. Augustine, and how
Work in St. Augustine centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in St. Augustine
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across St. Augustine, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Augustine, month by month
St. Augustine sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of St. Augustine
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Augustine
Schools across St. Augustine average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilton ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Chesapeake City ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bohemia Manor MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Bohemia Manor HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Augustine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Augustine 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Augustine
Is St. Augustine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Augustine ranks 40,509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Augustine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,000. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $60,385 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is St. Augustine safe?
St. Augustine is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $652 per resident a year.
Compare St. Augustine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Augustine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Augustine 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Augustine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Augustine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Augustine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Augustine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Augustine 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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