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Sawgrass, Florida.

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

Living in Sawgrass, St. Johns County, Florida

Sawgrass, in St. Johns County, had 5,385 people in the 2020 census. 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 people in St. Johns County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,385 in the 2020 census; median age 58.5
Household income Too few homes in Sawgrass for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.7% St. Johns County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 2,272households
  • 64%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 26%work from home

What people in St. Johns County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services17%
  • Banks, insurance and property13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades6%

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, 65° and 49°; warmest in July, 89° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 65° 49° F M A M J J 89° 77° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 65° and 49°; warmest in July, 89° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 65° 49° F M A M J J 89° 77° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 49°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 77°. About 52 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jacksonville Beach weather station, 7 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. LightningRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sawgrass’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.