Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Nature of Operations
Nature of Operations	1. Nature of Operations The St. Joe Company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a Florida real estate development, asset management and operating company with all of its real estate assets and operations in Northwest Florida. Approximately 87% of the Company’s real estate is located in Florida’s Bay, Gulf, and Walton counties. Approximately 90% of the Company’s real estate land holdings are located within fifteen miles of the Gulf of Mexico. The Company conducts primarily all of its business in the following three reportable segments: 1) residential, 2) hospitality and 3) commercial. See Note 19. Segment Information. References to the number of acres, hotel rooms and suites, multi-family units, senior living units and homesites and any amounts derived from these values in the notes to the consolidated financial statements are unaudited.

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