Dunedin vs St. Petersburg

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

Dunedin 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 36,060 in Dunedin). St. Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,118 vs $68,068 in Dunedin). Dunedin has the higher median home value ($341,700 vs $331,500 in St. Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
Population	36,060	260,646
Median age	57.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$73,118
Median home value	$341,700	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,542
Housing units	21,411	141,039
Homeownership rate	68.6%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
Population	36,381 → 36,060 (-0.9%)	261,338 → 260,646 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$50,356 → $68,068 (+35.2%)	$56,982 → $73,118 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$198,700 → $341,700 (+72.0%)	$205,000 → $331,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,523 (+40.1%)	$1,116 → $1,542 (+38.2%)

Dunedin

Population

36,38136,060

Median household income

$50,356$68,068

Median home value

$198,700$341,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,523

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)

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	20.9%	12.1%
75 and over	13.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	63.6%
Black or African American	5.3%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
Drove alone	68.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	18.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
1-unit, detached	45.7%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunedin	St. Petersburg
Poverty rate	8.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1969