Clearwater vs St. Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and St. Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Petersburg has the higher population (260,646 vs 117,075 in Clearwater). St. Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,118 vs $64,440 in Clearwater). St. Petersburg has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $326,100 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
Population	117,075	260,646
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,440	$73,118
Median home value	$326,100	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,542
Housing units	61,091	141,039
Homeownership rate	59.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
Population	115,159 → 117,075 (+1.7%)	261,338 → 260,646 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$48,691 → $64,440 (+32.3%)	$56,982 → $73,118 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $326,100 (+58.1%)	$205,000 → $331,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,539 (+40.9%)	$1,116 → $1,542 (+38.2%)

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

St. Petersburg

Population

261,338260,646

Median household income

$56,982$73,118

Median home value

$205,000$331,500

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
Under 5	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.1%
75 and over	10.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	63.6%
Black or African American	10.1%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
Drove alone	64.5%	67.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.9%
Public transit	2.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	18.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
1-unit, detached	38.8%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	27.5%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	St. Petersburg
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969