Renting in St. Augustine
St. Augustine's rental market runs modestly above the national average and has been essentially flat year-over-year through mid-2026, though the precise figure depends heavily on whether a source is measuring apartments only or the full mix including single-family homes and condos.
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Learn moreApartment Rents: Roughly Flat Through Mid-2026
Rent.com's 2026 data puts the average apartment rent in St. Augustine at $1,845 as of July 2026, down about 0.81% from a year earlier. RentCafe's figure for the broader market runs closer to $1,851/month, with roughly 57% of rentals falling in the $1,500-$2,000 range. A separate Zumper reading cites a higher $2,275/month average -- the spread likely reflects different property mixes (Zumper skews toward listed/marketed units, which trend newer and pricier) rather than a single wrong figure.
Rent by Unit Size
Per RentCafe's 2026 breakdown: studio apartments average $925/month, one-bedrooms average $1,145/month, and two-bedrooms average $1,275/month. These per-unit-type figures run meaningfully below the blended averages above, since the blended figures pull in larger units and single-family rentals.
Including Single-Family Homes, the Median Runs Higher
When single-family homes and condos are included alongside apartments, the median rent runs closer to $2,100/month -- about 10% above the national average, per the same RentCafe/Point2Homes-linked reporting. That gap between the apartment-only figures above and this all-inclusive figure is the more important number for anyone specifically comparing a single-family rental to an apartment.
Renting Near the Historic Core vs. Elsewhere
Rentals directly in or near the historic downtown -- particularly furnished or short-term-oriented units catering to the tourism economy -- tend to command a premium over rentals in surrounding, less tourist-dense parts of the city; the citywide averages above blend both.
Key takeaways
- Average apartment rent runs around $1,845-$1,851/month as of mid-2026 per Rent.com and RentCafe, roughly flat year-over-year; a separate Zumper reading of $2,275 likely reflects a different (newer/pricier) listing mix.
- By unit size (RentCafe, 2026): studios average $925, one-bedrooms $1,145, two-bedrooms $1,275.
- Including single-family homes and condos, the blended median rent runs closer to $2,100/month -- about 10% above the national average.
- Rentals near the historic downtown core tend to command a premium over the rest of the city given tourism-driven demand.
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