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 | 5 buildings | 2 buildings |
| Gulf-front buildings | 0 buildings | 2 buildings |
Buildings in each community
Seaside — top buildings
- Seaside 20
Gulf View · 2 units · 2004 · $2M–$4M
- Lyceum Gateway
Gulf View · 8 units · 2008 · $2.4M–$3.4M
- 25 Central Square Condo in Seaside
Gulf View · 7 units · 1996 · $1M–$2M
- Dreamland Heights
Gulf View · 8 units · 1989 · $825K–$1.3M
- 55 Central Square Villas
Gulf View · 2 units · 2007 · $500K–$1M
Watercolor — top buildings
- Watercolor Beachside Condo
Gulf Front · 22 units · 2001 · $2.8M–$4.2M
- Watercolor Town Center
Gulf Front · 84 units · 2002 · $1.5M–$1.9M
Curated by Josh Parish. Methodology on the about page.