Pinellas Park vs St. Petersburg

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

Pinellas Park 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 53,423 in Pinellas Park). St. Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,118 vs $62,043 in Pinellas Park). St. Petersburg has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $251,900 in Pinellas Park).

Population, income & housing

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
Population	53,423	260,646
Median age	43.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,043	$73,118
Median home value	$251,900	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,506	$1,542
Housing units	25,205	141,039
Homeownership rate	69.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
Population	52,857 → 53,423 (+1.1%)	261,338 → 260,646 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$49,652 → $62,043 (+25.0%)	$56,982 → $73,118 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $251,900 (+62.8%)	$205,000 → $331,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,506 (+38.8%)	$1,116 → $1,542 (+38.2%)

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

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)

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.1%
75 and over	11.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	63.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
Drove alone	77.3%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	18.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
1-unit, detached	52.4%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	13.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Pinellas Park	St. Petersburg
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969