About Saint Johns

Saint Johns is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 18,087 people and just one neighborhood, Saint Johns is the 149th largest community in Florida.

Much of the housing in Saint Johns has been built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Saint Johns economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Saint Johns, where the median household income is $80,945.

Saint Johns is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.76% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Saint Johns is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Saint Johns who work in management occupations (18.32%), sales jobs (16.00%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.68%).

Also of interest is that Saint Johns has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Saint Johns are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Saint Johns is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Saint Johns, the average commute to work is 31.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

For most residents of Saint Johns, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 99% of people in Saint Johns drive alone to work on most days, making Saint Johns a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Saint Johns's landscape.

Saint Johns is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Saint Johns Information and Demographics

The education level of Saint Johns citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 40.59% of adults in Saint Johns have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Saint Johns in 2000 was $30,560, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,240 for a family of four. However, Saint Johns contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Saint Johns home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Saint Johns is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Saint Johns include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Saint Johns is English. Some people also speak Spanish.