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St. Johns County, FL · SEO Services
SEO Agency for St. Johns County: Be Found by Every New Resident
Look at the field before you hire an SEO company in St. Johns County: St. Johns County is growing faster than 100% of counties. GetPhound provides search engine optimization for local businesses on monthly plans that are flat, with no setup fee or contract, and we would start from the numbers below.
Snapshot
St. Johns County at a Glance: Competition, Growth and Search Demand
Local Search Competition Index
68.3/ 100
Rank 302 of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and also 134 of the 400 markets we cover. Higher means more local businesses competing for the same searches. See the method
We score every U.S. county-equivalent with 20,000 or more residents on how many local-search businesses (such as the lawyers, dentists, contractors, restaurants, salons and agents that customers find on Google and the map) are chasing the same residents. St. Johns County scores 68.3, which is more contested than most.
Two things stand out about St. Johns County: it is one of the faster-growing counties in the country, and it is a county whose business base is expanding quickly. The eight measures below show how it compares with every other county.
- Population growth since the 2020 Census +17.1% Growing faster than 100% of counties
- Median household income (2023 est.) $106,281 Greater than 96% of counties
- Local-search businesses per 10,000 residents 68.9 Heavier than 91% of counties
- Change in those businesses, 2017 to 2022 +38.2% Faster growth than 99% of counties
- Share of them that employ fewer than 5 people 65.6% More of them than 87% of counties
- Growth in employer locations across every industry, 2017 to 2022 +31.5% Ahead on growth than 99% of counties
- Places with 2,500 or more residents 2 Fewer cities and towns than 58% of counties
- New-home permits in 2025, per 10,000 people 147.9 Heavier building than 98% of counties
Each bar sets St. Johns County against all 1,822 U.S. counties with 20,000 or more residents. Source data: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, County Business Patterns (2017 and 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates and the Building Permits Survey.
Population by place
Where People Live in St. Johns County
Place-by-place population from the latest Census Bureau estimates. People search by town name, so each of these is a separate set of searches and a possible landing page for each service you offer.
| Place | Residents (2023 estimate) | Portion of county population |
|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine | 15,596 | 5% |
| St. Augustine Beach | 6,779 | 2% |
| Marineland (part) | 1 | 0% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates. The list covers cities, towns and census-designated places; where a city spills into a neighboring county, we count only the part that lies in St. Johns County.
Market profile
Why Growth Makes St. Johns County Worth Ranking In
With 320,110 residents and 17.1% growth since the 2020 Census (ahead of 100% of counties), St. Johns County keeps adding people who have no loyalty to any local business yet. Their first move is a search, which is exactly what a search engine optimization campaign is built to win, and rankings earned during a growth phase tend to carry into the years after it.
The larger places in St. Johns County are St. Augustine (15,596), St. Augustine Beach (6,779) and Marineland (1). Each is searched by name, so a business that serves several of them needs a page for each service in each town. That is what a local SEO plan from GetPhound builds.
93% of residents (297,734 people) live outside any incorporated place, so county-level and "near me" searches matter as much as city names.
Where demand is heading
New Homes in St. Johns County: Below the 2021 Peak, Still Slowing This Year
New housing units authorized by building permits. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (annual county files, with the year-to-date bars covering the same months in each year). A permit is an authorization, not a finished home.
St. Johns County authorized 8,390 housing units in 2021 and 4,735 in 2025, about 44% fewer; 2025 still works out to 147.9 units per 10,000 residents, more than in 98% of counties. For January through August, permits are running at 2,362 against 3,669 a year earlier (−35.6%).
The construction-linked categories already most contested in St. Johns County are real estate agents and brokers (6.0x typical) and landscaping services (1.7x typical). SEO builds gradually, so the time to start is before the demand arrives; pages already indexed and ranking are the ones new households meet first.
Who you would rank against
Who You Would Be Ranking Against in St. Johns County
This table sets St. Johns County against the typical U.S. county for fifteen categories that live on Google and the map: the number of locations, how that number has moved, and how many are very small.
CategoryBusiness locationsDensity vs. a typical countyShift, 2017 to 2022Tiny locations (under 5 staff)
Real estate agents and brokersBusiest 475 +79.9% 445
Beauty salons 109 +31.3% 72
Physicians offices 270 +15.4% 167
Landscaping services 180 +38.5% 122
Accounting and CPA firms 58 +45% 39
Janitorial services 71 +73.2% 47
Full-service restaurants 311 +26.9% 57
Residential remodelers 139 +52.7% 117
Law offices 130 +26.2% 103
Dentists 123 +35.2% 51
Roofing contractors 23 +15% 15
Insurance agencies and brokerages 123 +21.8% 94
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors 93 +22.4% 60
Electrical contractorsMost room 61 +35.6% 37
General automotive repair 39 +25.8% 20
Crowding = employer locations per 10,000 residents divided by the median U.S. county of 20,000+ residents (1.0x is typical; the dark tick marks it). Figures are establishments from the Census County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), which says nothing about search volume. See the method
In St. Johns County, the real estate agents and brokers category is the most contested, with 475 locations at 6.0 times the typical density, up 79.9% since 2017. Beauty salons (109 locations, 2.1x) and physicians offices (270 locations, 2.1x) also run above a normal county. At the other end, the electrical contractors category (61 locations) is below typical density at 0.8x, which means fewer competing sites to outrank.
Real estate agents and brokers is also the fastest-growing category, up 79.9%, so the competition is still building. The tiniest competitors are in real estate agents and brokers: 445 of 475 locations (94%) have fewer than five employees.
These numbers describe the competition, not the demand. Search volume and how fast a page can rank depend on factors that public data does not reveal, so a crowded category calls for planning and a quiet one is an opening.
Comparable counties
Six Counties That Resemble St. Johns County
We matched St. Johns County to the six markets in our 400-market set that look most like it on population, income, local-search competition and how fast the business base is growing.
| Market | Score | Population | Population change since 2020 | Change in local-search businesses since 2017 | Share under 5 employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Johns County, FL (this market) | 68.3 | 320,110 | +17.1% | +38.2% | 65.6% |
| Comal County, TX | 67 | 193,928 | +20.1% | +41.7% | 60.1% |
| Utah County, UT | 62.2 | 719,174 | +9.1% | +25.3% | 66.9% |
| Williamson County, TX | 56.4 | 697,191 | +14.5% | +33.1% | 60.7% |
| Parker County, TX | 50.4 | 173,494 | +17.1% | +31.2% | 64.4% |
| Hays County, TX | 47.6 | 280,486 | +16.4% | +45.3% | 62.1% |
| Forsyth County, GA | 72.9 | 272,887 | +8.6% | +18.4% | 66.1% |
The six look-alikes are the counties in our 400-market set that sit closest to this one on size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth. Same sources as above.
Comal County, TX is the closest match, scoring 67 against St. Johns County's 68.3. Hays County, TX is the furthest from it, scoring 47.6. Comal County, TX has 60.1% of its local-search locations under five employees against 65.6% in St. Johns County. If you already do SEO in one of these markets, the comparison shows how alike the competition is, not what your results will be.
The process
How SEO Services Work in St. Johns County
Research, audit, plan
We dig into your services, cities and competitors, audit your website, and write a six-month roadmap. None of it costs extra.
Create the landing pages
RankGuarantee™ builds a dedicated landing page for each service in each city you serve, and your website gets on-page and technical fixes.
Beyond the website
We optimize your Google Business Profile, citations and reviews, publish Strategic Content Assets, and format your pages so AI search can pull accurate facts from them.
Measure and add more
Every month your account manager shares reporting from Search Console and Analytics, and we add pages and content where the data says to.
The pieces of SEO
What Our SEO Services Cover in St. Johns County
Google Maps SEO
Profile optimization, citations, weekly posts, rank tracking and review management, so you appear in the map results when St. Johns County customers search nearby. Read about Map SEO.
AI search optimization
Clear, structured pages and consistent business details give AI tools facts to draw on. No one can guarantee a mention in an AI answer; this improves the odds.
Technical, on-page and content
Technical fixes, on-page work and written content that answers real customer questions, published monthly on every Organic Growth plan.
Call it SEO services, an SEO company, an SEO agency, local SEO or search engine optimization: the work is getting St. Johns County businesses found on Google, Maps and AI search. One account manager and a monthly Search Console and Analytics report come with each plan, and Gold and Platinum add a fully managed website.
Monthly plans
What SEO Costs in St. Johns County
No setup fee and no contract on any plan. The monthly rate includes onboarding: keyword research, a website audit and a six-month strategy. Talk it through with our CEO.
Do the math
Is SEO Worth It for Your St. Johns County Business? Run the Numbers
Whether SEO pays off in St. Johns County depends on your numbers, not an average. Put in your own figures to find the customers per month that cover a plan, and over the period you select.
Questions we hear
St. Johns County SEO Services: Your Questions Answered
How much do SEO services cost in St. Johns County?
Pricing is flat and monthly. RankGuarantee™, our local landing page system, is $495 a month on its own. Organic Growth plans, which add Google Maps work, AI search optimization, content and more landing pages, are $1,495 (Silver), $2,495 (Gold) and $3,495 (Platinum). You pay no setup fee and sign no contract.
How soon will I see results from SEO in St. Johns County?
A fixed SEO timeline would not be honest. Rankings build over time and depend on the competition, your site and the work we can publish. Real estate agents and brokers is the most contested category in St. Johns County at 6.0x typical, so it is the one to be patient with. You see the movement every month in six-month planning cycles, and you can cancel anytime.
Is St. Johns County a competitive market for SEO?
More than most. St. Johns County scores 68.3 on our Local Search Competition Index, ranking 302nd of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 134th of the 400 markets we cover. Real estate agents and brokers leads on density, at 6.0 times the typical county. 65.6% of local-search locations are tiny, with fewer than five employees, and tiny shops often have thin websites to outrank. That raises the value of city-and-service pages and strong reviews.
Which local businesses compete for search in St. Johns County?
Across the fifteen categories we track, the largest by employer locations in St. Johns County are real estate agents and brokers (475), full-service restaurants (311) and physicians offices (270). Measured against a typical county, the most contested are real estate agents and brokers (6.0x) and beauty salons (2.1x). Size and crowding in a category do not decide whether SEO works for you; it shows how many other sites you would be sharing the results with.
Which cities in St. Johns County would you build pages for?
Whichever ones you cover. St. Johns County has 2 places of 2,500 or more residents, led by St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach. RankGuarantee™ builds local landing pages for each service in each city you serve (25 new pages a month on the $495 plan, 25 to 100 on Organic Growth), so the plan follows your service area, not the county line.
Can you help me rank in the Google Maps results?
Absolutely. Every Organic Growth plan includes Google Business Profile optimization, citations and review management, together with on-page and technical SEO, strategic content and AI search (GEO) work. Map results matter most for searches such as "near me", and most of the local categories in St. Johns County rely on them.
Does SEO affect whether ChatGPT and Google's AI mention my business?
It can help. We include AI search (GEO) optimization in our plans: well-structured pages and consistent business details give AI tools more to work with. No one can guarantee a mention in an AI answer, and we do not promise one, but the work behind rankings is also the content those tools draw from.
Is SEO or Google Ads the better choice in St. Johns County?
Usually a mix of both. Google Ads can bring calls within days, but each click costs money; SEO builds more slowly and then works without paying per click. If leads cannot wait, start with ads (we manage Google Ads, Bing and Meta too) and use SEO to build the asset that lowers your dependence on them.
Am I locked into a contract, and what do I get each month?
There is no contract and no setup fee, and you can cancel anytime. The monthly fee covers onboarding (keyword research, a website audit and a six-month strategy), the landing pages and content your plan includes, page management and rank tracking, and one dedicated account manager who reports to you each month.
Nearby
Nearby Counties We Serve
Serving customers outside St. Johns County? These are the closest counties, measured from center to center:
- Putnam County, FL: around 29 miles out, 75,955 people, Local Search Competition Index 41.7
- Clay County, FL: about 29 miles from here, 232,439 residents, index score 55.7
- Flagler County, FL: around 30 miles out, 131,439 residents, competition index 58.7
- Duval County, FL: about 34 miles out, 1,030,822 people, index score 73.6
- Bradford County, FL: roughly 46 miles from here, 27,858 people, competition index 25.2
- Nassau County, FL: roughly 54 miles from here, 101,501 residents, Local Search Competition Index 56.9
How it was made
How We Built This St. Johns County Page
Each figure on this page comes from public U.S. Census Bureau data, calculated the same way across every county, which lets you compare St. Johns County with any other market. We never use client account data and we do not publish search volumes, traffic or rankings from client work, since each business is different.
- Last updatedOctober 16, 2026
- SourcesCensus population estimates (2023), County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (2023), the Building Permits Survey (2021 to 2026 year to date), Gazetteer files.
- How it worksThe Local Search Competition Index and every derived figure are defined on the method page. Compare all markets in the index.
- Found an error?See something wrong? Email hello@getphound.com and we will verify it against the original data.
Contact Us
Ready to Rank Higher in St. Johns County?
Share what you sell and where in St. Johns County you want customers. We will walk through the plan that fits. Reach us at 610-825-4363 or hello@getphound.com for a strategy session with our CEO.