Brevard County vs Pinellas County

A side-by-side comparison of Brevard County and Pinellas County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brevard County and Pinellas County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinellas County has the higher population (960,565 vs 620,533 in Brevard County). Brevard County has the higher median household income ($75,817 vs $70,293 in Pinellas County). Pinellas County has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $304,400 in Brevard County).

Population, income & housing

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
Population	620,533	960,565
Median age	46.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,817	$70,293
Median home value	$304,400	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,525
Housing units	294,461	518,180
Homeownership rate	76.9%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
Population	585,507 → 620,533 (+6.0%)	964,666 → 960,565 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$56,775 → $75,817 (+33.5%)	$54,090 → $70,293 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $304,400 (+55.0%)	$201,200 → $319,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,456 (+36.3%)	$1,112 → $1,525 (+37.1%)

Brevard County

Population

585,507620,533

Median household income

$56,775$75,817

Median home value

$196,400$304,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,456

Pinellas County

Population

964,666960,565

Median household income

$54,090$70,293

Median home value

$201,200$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
Under 5	4.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.1%
75 and over	10.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	71.6%
Black or African American	9.2%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
Drove alone	76.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	8.2%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brevard County	Pinellas County
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1987	1976