Inside St. Johns County Florida

St. Johns county Florida is located south of Jacksonville, Florida, and it is in the top 10 fastest growing counties in the United States. It was one of the first two counties established in Florida dating back to July 21, 1821 - St. Johns and Escambia become first two Florida counties.

St. Johns county has more recently been know for having top schools in the country and the housing development has exploded over the last decade. Let’s learn more about the different cities within this county and why many families want to call St. Johns county home.


Cities in St. Johns County

Within St. Johns county is:

  • St. Augustine

  • Ponte Vedra Beach

  • Nocatee

  • Hastings

  • Elkton

  • Fruit Cove

  • St. Augustine Beach

  • Vilano Beach

  • Crescent Beach

  • Palm Valley

  • Butler Beach

  • Sawgrass

  • St. Augustine South

  • St. Augustine Shores

St Johns is the northern unincorporated community, which has grown considerably with numerous masterplan communities having been built. Its explosive growth has been mainly attributed by its convenient location and quality schools.


Neighborhoods in St. Johns County

Notable communities include Julian Tin, Creek Plantation, which boasts 45 different smaller neighborhoods. Nocatee, is one of the top masterplan communities in the U.S. For the last five years, World Golf Village, which is a combination of Disney and golf combined. River Town is one of the communities that we love here in St. Johns County hugs along the St Johns River, beautiful masterplan community, just one of the many communities here in St. Johns that people love to call home.


Major highway I-95 runs through the middle of St John's St Johns County is also within 30 minutes of I-10. Average commute times through the region are between 20 to 30 minutes, providing relative ease with little to no traffic congestion. Other major metropolitan areas experience a one day runs along the beach and makes for a beautiful drive. You can drive straight through Saint Augustine Beach and Vilano Beach to the east you have Ponte Vedra and Ponte Vedra Beach.


Within that area, one of America's most popular and fastest growing masterplan communities is Nocatee, click here to watch our video Inside Nocatee.


The Pavilion at Durban Park

The pavilion at Durbin Park is a 80 acres of commercial space here in St Johns County. Within this commercial space you're going to have your Walmart, your movie theaters and tons of restaurants and it continues to grow. They're going to have a fast pro shop and also going to have a Ferris wheel, which is really exciting. And I can guarantee you if it doesn't have everything, you already need it soon will, check out the phase map.

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Education & Schools in St. Johns County

A large portion of St John's County, which has had a 43% growth in the last ten years is due to its location, cost of living and high quality schools which have been ranked the highest in Florida.

St John's graduation rates supersedes that of Florida at 95%. 15% more students take the a c t when compared statewide and St John's 12% more students in St John's attend college when compared to the rest of Florida. Impressive numbers to say the least, especially when you put into consideration Florida outranks the rest of the nation in the National Assessment of Education in reading and math.

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St. Johns County is just a beautiful place is where people come to from all over the country, especially after COVID hit, people were looking to relocate to an area where it was very easy to go anywhere you wanted to go. Schools were important to many of those people and value now while the locals will say the area's too expensive, people from other areas, especially major cities like New York City, San Francisco will say it's extremely affordable. We have the majority of the homes here are newer, and we have great masterplan communities where you have amazing resort style amenities. You have waterslides, zip lines, basketball courts, football fields. I mean, you have it all very, very, very well done. St Johns in general is just really attracting a lot of people. It's a beautiful area, beautiful communities, and you have lots of options. Everything is nearby and it's a place that a lot of people love to call home.

Contact us for more information and new construction homes available and click here for all St. Johns county homes currently on the market.