Gulfport vs St. Pete Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Gulfport and St. Pete Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gulfport has the higher population (11,735 vs 8,832 in St. Pete Beach). St. Pete Beach has the higher median household income ($108,931 vs $68,617 in Gulfport). St. Pete Beach has the higher median home value ($639,900 vs $335,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
Population	11,735	8,832
Median age	58.2 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,617	$108,931
Median home value	$335,100	$639,900
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,753
Housing units	8,007	8,244
Homeownership rate	74.5%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
Population	12,335 → 11,735 (-4.9%)	9,587 → 8,832 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$52,705 → $68,617 (+30.2%)	$76,516 → $108,931 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$185,600 → $335,100 (+80.5%)	$462,500 → $639,900 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,487 (+38.8%)	$1,103 → $1,753 (+58.9%)

Gulfport

Population

12,33511,735

Median household income

$52,705$68,617

Median home value

$185,600$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,487

St. Pete Beach

Population

9,5878,832

Median household income

$76,516$108,931

Median home value

$462,500$639,900

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
Under 5	2.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	7.2%	4.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.8%	25.7%
65 to 74	19.6%	18.9%
75 and over	16.0%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
Drove alone	66.1%	62.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.1%
Worked from home	21.7%	23.5%
Other means	2.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
1-unit, detached	60.2%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.1%
20 or more units	22.5%	37.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	St. Pete Beach
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.6%
Average household size	1.89	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1966	1972