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Real Estate Prices & Overview

St. Augustine Shores Estates median real estate price is $465,490, which is more expensive than 65.0% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 68.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in St. Augustine Shores Estates is currently $3,036, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 42.4% of Florida neighborhoods.

St. Augustine Shores Estates is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in St. Augustine, Florida. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).

St. Augustine Shores Estates real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

St. Augustine Shores Estates has a 13.2% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 71.9% of American neighborhoods). A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (10.3%), which can occur in some markets dominated by colleges or vacation homes. If you live here year round, you will find many of the homes or apartments are empty for all or a portion of the year.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

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Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, St. Augustine Shores Estates is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

In addition, most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the St. Augustine Shores Estates stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 81.6% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the St. Augustine Shores Estates community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, astoundingly, the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular St. Augustine neighborhood.

Also, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the St. Augustine Shores Estates is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Florida, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Florida.

Modes of Transportation

In the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 29.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood has more Irish and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 1.9% have Lebanese ancestry.

St. Augustine Shores Estates is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood in St. Augustine are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood, 34.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.6%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.3% of households. Some people also speak Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) (4.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood in St. Augustine, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (35.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.4%), and residents who report English roots (16.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in St. Augustine Shores Estates neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (66.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (29.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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