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Butler Beach, Florida.

A community in St. Johns County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Butler Beach, St. Johns County, Florida

Butler Beach, in St. Johns County, had 4,978 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $76,689 a year and half less, against $109,839 across St. Johns County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in St. Johns County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.

People 4,978 in the 2020 census; median age 62.1
Household income $76,689 the median, give or take $10,362 · St. Johns County: $109,839
Unemployment 4.7% St. Johns County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 2,477households
  • 50%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 30%work from home

What residents work in

  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment18%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Banks, insurance and property13%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Johns County had 100,949 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 68° and 48°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 68° 48° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 68° and 48°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 68° 48° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 68° and lows near 48°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 74°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the St. Augustine Lighthouse weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in St. Johns County

  1. St. Johns County School District6,438
  2. Flagler Hospital/UF Health St. Johns1,564
  3. St. Johns County BOCC1,527
  4. Northrop Grumman1,100
  5. PGA Tour, Inc.964
  6. Florida National Guard900
  7. St. Johns County Sheriff's Office816
  8. Florida School for the Deaf & Blind689

From St Johns County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “St Johns County Chamber of Commerce and St”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Butler Beach’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.