Clearwater vs Pinellas Park

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Pinellas Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearwater and Pinellas Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clearwater has the higher population (117,075 vs 53,423 in Pinellas Park). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($64,440 vs $62,043 in Pinellas Park). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($326,100 vs $251,900 in Pinellas Park).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
Population	117,075	53,423
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$62,043
Median home value	$326,100	$251,900
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,506
Housing units	61,091	25,205
Homeownership rate	59.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	52,857 → 53,423 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$49,652 → $62,043 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$154,700 → $251,900 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,085 → $1,506 (+38.8%)

Clearwater

Population

115,159117,075

Median household income

$48,691$64,440

Median home value

$206,300$326,100

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,539

Pinellas Park

Population

52,85753,423

Median household income

$49,652$62,043

Median home value

$154,700$251,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
Under 5	4.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.3%
75 and over	10.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	63.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.5%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
No high school diploma	9.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
Drove alone	64.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	19.9%	11.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
1-unit, detached	38.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	27.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Pinellas Park
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1978	1978