Community comparison
Seaside vs. WaterColor
Seaside and WaterColor share a property line on 30A but feel like different decades. Seaside is the 1980s pastel-cottage town with a small, mature condo inventory and tight town-center scarcity. WaterColor is the late-1990s St. Joe master plan next door — more acreage, more amenity infrastructure (Camp WaterColor, Western Lake, the BeachClub), and a deeper bench of condominium buildings across a wider footprint. The comparison below shows where the two diverge on catalog size, building vintage, and price-band coverage.
Side-by-side statistics
| Metric | Seaside | WaterColor |
|---|---|---|
| Buildings cataloged | 7 | 4 |
| Indexable (site-grade) | 0 | 0 |
| Gulf-front buildings | 0 | 0 |
| Median year built | 1990 | 2000 |
| Year-built range | 1990–1990 | 2000–2000 |
| Avg. units per building | — | — |
| Price bands present | $1M-2M, $2M-3M, $3M-5M, $5M+ | $1M-2M, $2M-3M, $3M-5M |
| Median walk to sand | — | — |
Buildings in each community
Seaside — top buildings
- Seaside condos (Dreamland/Lyceum)
Gulf-view · varies units · 1990s-2000s · $2M-3M
- 25 Central Square Seaside
Gulf-view · — units · — · $1M-2M
- 55 Central Square Villas
Gulf-view · — units · — · $3M-5M
- Seaside 20
Gulf-view · — units · — · $5M+
- Lyceum Gateway
Gulf-view · — units · — · $3M-5M
- Dreamland Heights
Gulf-view · — units · — · $1M-2M
- 30 Cottage Street
Gulf-view · — units · — · $3M-5M
WaterColor — top buildings
- WaterColor condos (multiple)
Gulf-view · varies units · 2000+ · $1M-2M
- WaterColor Beachside
Gulf-view · — units · — · $3M-5M
- WaterColor Private Residence
Gulf-view · — units · — · $3M-5M
- WaterColor Town Center
Gulf-view · — units · — · $2M-3M
Curated by Josh Parish. Methodology on the about page.