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St. Johns County · Florida

ZIP code 32081

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 32081 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
27,365

ZCTA residents

Median income
$128,316

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$590,200

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Florida state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 32081 sits in St. Johns County, Florida and is home to 27,365 people. Median household income is $128,316, the median home is worth $590,200 and median gross rent is $3,444. 82.7% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Florida state rate).

County
St. Johns County

FIPS 12109

State
Florida (FL)

1,013 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 32081

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
27,365ZIP 32081 residents
Median household income
$128,316Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$590,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$3,444Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
40.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
82.7%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 32081 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 32081 is a small city in St. Johns County, Florida, with 27,365 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #337 of 1,013 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 40.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 32081 earn a median of $128,316 a year, 63.4% above the national figure of $78,538. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 4.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 32081 is valued at $590,200, 94.5% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $3,444 a month, 145% above the national figure, or roughly $41,328 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 32.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Reading ZIP 32081 in context

How 32081 sits inside St. Johns County and Florida.

ZIP 32081 is tabulated inside St. Johns County, Florida, one of 10 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,013 across Florida. This is a mid-sized ZIP that covers a large share of its county's addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 32081 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 32081 reports a median household income of $128,316, 20% above the $106,928 county median, and 84% above the $69,820 typical FL ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $590,200, 25% above the county figure and 100% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $3,444 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Florida charges 6% statewide, and local governments overlapping 32081 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 32081 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 32081

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$60Before any exemptions

Florida levies 6% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
32%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.6×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$3,062/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
4.5%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 32081 compares

ZIP 32081 against the median ZIP in St. Johns County and across Florida.

MeasureZIP 32081County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$128,316$106,928$69,820+84%
Median home value$590,200$472,800$295,700+100%
Median gross rent$3,444$1,718$1,494+131%
Population27,36528,16518,904+45%

Medians are computed across the 10 ZIP areas in St. Johns County and the 1013 ZIP areas in Florida.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1013 Florida ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 96% of 948 state ZIPs

#34
Home value

above 91% of 935 state ZIPs

#84
Population

larger than 67% of 1,013 state ZIPs

#337

Comparable ZIP codes

Florida ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
34797Lake County$127,616$387,700—
33328Broward County$127,386$523,600$2,171
33498Palm Beach County$129,615$597,100$3,501
32814Orange County$129,712$751,400$2,224
32949Brevard County$126,146$497,200—
34240Sarasota County$126,048$622,100$2,306

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under St. Johns County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in St. Johns County, Florida.

ZIP 32081 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 32081?
ZIP 32081 lies mostly in St. Johns County, Florida. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 32081?
Florida charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 32081 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $3,444 a month, about 32% of median household income, and the median home is worth $590,200 — +100% against the typical Florida ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 32081, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.