County profile
St. Johns County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#277 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$18.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
80,082
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,633
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
346,328
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$109.8k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
50.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
6.5%±0.7%
Business applications
6,971 · 2025
Retail establishments
976
29.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation29%
Retail trade25%
Health care19%
Other services9%
Admin & support9%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
346,328
residents · 2025 · +25.0% since 2020
Income per capita $93.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+66,401
International migration+3,489
Natural change−414
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$10.5B2019
$11.5B2020
$13.1B2021
$15.2B2022
$17.4B2023
$18.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$489.2k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±0.8%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2B
4,735 units · 13.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Lightning 92Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5712016
6102017
6422018
6792019
7072020
8252021
10372022
11212023
11152024
11352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20218,3902021
8,2132022
6,4512023
5,5752024
4,7352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
7.8 km
FEC
Nearest port
12.7 km
ST. AUGUSTINE MUNICIPAL MARINA
Nearest commercial airport
11.7 km
ST AUGUSTINE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.0k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Johns?
St. Johns's economy produced $18.6B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.