Largo vs St. Petersburg

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

Largo 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 82,506 in Largo). St. Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,118 vs $60,465 in Largo). St. Petersburg has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $208,500 in Largo).

Population, income & housing

	Largo	St. Petersburg
Population	82,506	260,646
Median age	48.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,465	$73,118
Median home value	$208,500	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,542
Housing units	46,478	141,039
Homeownership rate	61.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Largo	St. Petersburg
Population	84,130 → 82,506 (-1.9%)	261,338 → 260,646 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$44,323 → $60,465 (+36.4%)	$56,982 → $73,118 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $208,500 (+67.2%)	$205,000 → $331,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,482 (+37.7%)	$1,116 → $1,542 (+38.2%)

Largo

Population

84,13082,506

Median household income

$44,323$60,465

Median home value

$124,700$208,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,482

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)

	Largo	St. Petersburg
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.1%
75 and over	13.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Largo	St. Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Largo	St. Petersburg
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Largo	St. Petersburg
Drove alone	77.5%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	18.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Largo	St. Petersburg
1-unit, detached	29.1%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	14.7%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Largo	St. Petersburg
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969