East Lake vs Pinellas Park

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

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

Pinellas Park has the higher population (53,423 vs 33,019 in East Lake). East Lake has the higher median household income ($93,862 vs $62,043 in Pinellas Park). East Lake has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $251,900 in Pinellas Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
Population	33,019	53,423
Median age	51.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,862	$62,043
Median home value	$457,300	$251,900
Median gross rent	$1,844	$1,506
Housing units	14,932	25,205
Homeownership rate	82.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
Population	32,169 → 33,019 (+2.6%)	52,857 → 53,423 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$81,498 → $93,862 (+15.2%)	$49,652 → $62,043 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $457,300 (+32.0%)	$154,700 → $251,900 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,844 (+39.8%)	$1,085 → $1,506 (+38.8%)

East Lake

Population

32,16933,019

Median household income

$81,498$93,862

Median home value

$346,400$457,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,844

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)

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.3%
75 and over	14.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	63.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.3%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
No high school diploma	4.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
Drove alone	69.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	22.5%	11.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
1-unit, detached	53.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	10.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	East Lake	Pinellas Park
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1990	1978