Palm Harbor vs St. Petersburg

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

Palm Harbor 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 61,454 in Palm Harbor). Palm Harbor has the higher median household income ($75,354 vs $73,118 in St. Petersburg). Palm Harbor has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $331,500 in St. Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
Population	61,454	260,646
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,354	$73,118
Median home value	$359,600	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,542
Housing units	30,353	141,039
Homeownership rate	77.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
Population	62,310 → 61,454 (-1.4%)	261,338 → 260,646 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$59,557 → $75,354 (+26.5%)	$56,982 → $73,118 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $359,600 (+54.4%)	$205,000 → $331,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,733 (+33.7%)	$1,116 → $1,542 (+38.2%)

Palm Harbor

Population

62,31061,454

Median household income

$59,557$75,354

Median home value

$232,900$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,733

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)

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
Under 5	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.1%
75 and over	13.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	63.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
Drove alone	71.3%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	18.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
1-unit, detached	54.3%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Palm Harbor	St. Petersburg
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1985	1969