City safety & data profile

Fruit CoveFL

Fruit Cove, FL is a 29K-resident city in St. Johns County with a median household income of $141,863.

St. Johns County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fruit Cove, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fruit Cove has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $484,000.

Data updated 2026-09-03

29K
Population (place)
Top 38%
By size
$141,863
Median income (place)
$484,000
Median home (place)
2.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fruit Cove

Fruit Cove posts a median household income higher than 91% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Fruit Cove income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$141,863 Top 9% higher than 91% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fruit Cove $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fruit Cove, FL beyond the headline numbers

Fruit Cove sits inside St. Johns County, Florida, at roughly 30.11°N, -81.64°W. Population 29,362, $141,863 median household income. Median home value $484,000, median rent $2,336. Poverty rate 2.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 2.7% of Fruit Cove, FL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Fruit Cove costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

28.7% of Fruit Cove workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 16.1% in Fruit Cove, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Fruit Cove workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fruit Cove from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
29,362
Fruit Cove · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$141,863
+59% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$484,000
+17% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Johns County): Fruit Cove's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
307K+56%
Median Income
$109,839+69%
Median Home Value
$489,200+101%
Poverty Rate
6.5%-32%
Unemployment
3.3%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fruit Cove, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,336/mo
Poverty Rate
2.7% -78% vs avg
Unemployment 2.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 53.8%
Work From Home 28.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 77.8%
African American 6.1%
Asian 3.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
31.7%
Short Sleep Duration
30.8%
Obesity
27.9%
Binge Drinking
17.1%
Physical Inactivity
16.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.2%
Current Asthma
9.3%
Diabetes
9.1%
Current Smoking
9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.5%
Annual Checkup 80.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
2.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Fruit Cove?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fruit Cove right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-FRUIT-COVE · Fruit Cove

Fruit Cove: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fruit Cove; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Fruit Cove, FL?
Fruit Cove, FL has a population of 29,362 people, located in St. Johns County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Fruit Cove?
The median household income in Fruit Cove, FL is $141,863 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 2.7%.
What is the median home value in Fruit Cove?
The median home value in Fruit Cove, FL is $484,000. Median rent is $2,336/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fruit Cove?
The top health indicators in Fruit Cove include High Blood Pressure (31.7%), Short Sleep Duration (30.8%), Obesity (27.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Fruit Cove?
The median age in Fruit Cove, FL is 41.3 years. 53.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fruit Cove, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (2.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($141,863 here).

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Using Fruit Cove's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (St. Johns County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.