Butlers Beach
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Butlers Beach prices on location and condition more than on square footage alone. With a median just over $1.08M and a median near $492 per square foot, the number that clears here reflects proximity to the water and the state of the house — this is a coastal St. Augustine pocket where a renovated home and a dated one at the same size can sit far apart on price. Treat the median as a midpoint of a wide, condition-driven spread, not a sticker price.
The current posture is brisk. A median of roughly 20 days on market means well-prepared listings are moving quickly, and that cuts both ways: sellers who price to the recent comps and show clean tend to get answered fast, while buyers should come pre-approved and ready to decide. The sample is thin — six closings in the window — so read any single comp carefully rather than assuming a broad, stable trend.
The 60-Second Overview
Butlers Beach market snapshot (as of September 28, 2026): the median sale price is about $1.20M ($536 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 3 days on market for closed sales.
Butlers Beach is a community of 2,705 homes in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, built between 1924 and 2024 (median 1982), with a median living area of about 1,120 square feet. 15% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Butlers Beach is a small coastal enclave south of St. Augustine where the price you see reflects how close a home sits to the water and how recently it was updated. It trades as a low-volume, higher-price segment of the St. Johns County market.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Butlers Beach is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a coastal St. Augustine property with a budget comfortable around a $1.08M median
- Purchasers who want a smaller, water-adjacent enclave over a large planned subdivision
- Ready, pre-approved buyers who can move decisively in a market clearing in about 20 days
Probably not for
- Budget-first buyers looking for entry-level pricing in St. Johns County
- Anyone who needs a wide selection of active listings to compare
- Buyers who want a large, statistically stable comp set before committing
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending September 28 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($1.20M) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 0 to 5 sales each (5 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
15% of homes for sale in ZIP 32080 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-09-28).
Butlers Beach Market Scorecard
Butlers Beach is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Butlers Beach on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
Life at Butlers Beach
- Security Gate · reported on 1 of 2 listings
- Fishing · reported on 1 of 2 listings
Community amenities as reported across realMLS listings in this community; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Verify current amenities and access with the HOA.
The Butlers Beach buying strategy.
If we were buying in Butlers Beach today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Butlers Beach.
Reading a thin, coastal market
With only six closings in the window, Butlers Beach doesn't give you the deep comp set of a large subdivision. That makes pricing more art than formula: each sale carries more weight, and an outlier — a fully rebuilt home or one needing work — can pull the median in a direction that misleads if you read it flat. The roughly $492 per square foot figure is your better anchor for gauging a specific house, adjusted for condition and how close it is to the beach.
Days on market around 20 tell you the segment is active despite its size. Homes that are priced honestly and presented well are transacting without long waits. That said, in a small market a mispriced listing has nowhere to hide, and it can linger. The discipline here is comp-by-comp analysis, not trend-line assumptions.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Butlers Beach. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Butlers Beach buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 3 factors (6.3). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +232% since 2012; Owner Commitment 15% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 96.2% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a low-volume coastal segment like Butlers Beach, the value we add is judgment on the individual comp. We'll tell you when a recent sale doesn't apply to your house, walk the condition and location adjustments that actually move price per square foot, and keep you from over- or under-reading a median built on a handful of closings. On a market that moves in about 20 days, that preparation is the difference between reacting and deciding.
Butlers Beach in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Butlers Beach buy.
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Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Butlers Beach sales matched to your home.
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Streets in this community
Street-level pages: every home on record, what sold and what is for sale on each street.
- 5Th Street (1 homes on record)
Nearby Communities
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: September 28, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending September 28, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (4 streets, ZIP 32080)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-09-28 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (32 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of realMLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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