Duval County vs Pinellas County

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

Duval 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.

Duval County has the higher population (1,007,189 vs 960,565 in Pinellas County). Pinellas County has the higher median household income ($70,293 vs $68,447 in Duval County). Pinellas County has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $274,900 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Pinellas County
Population	1,007,189	960,565
Median age	36.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,447	$70,293
Median home value	$274,900	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,525
Housing units	445,946	518,180
Homeownership rate	58.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Pinellas County
Population	936,186 → 1,007,189 (+7.6%)	964,666 → 960,565 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$55,807 → $68,447 (+22.6%)	$54,090 → $70,293 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $274,900 (+52.1%)	$201,200 → $319,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,385 (+29.0%)	$1,112 → $1,525 (+37.1%)

Duval County

Population

936,1861,007,189

Median household income

$55,807$68,447

Median home value

$180,700$274,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,385

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)

	Duval County	Pinellas County
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.1%
75 and over	5.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Pinellas County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	71.6%
Black or African American	28.5%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Pinellas County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Pinellas County
Drove alone	72.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.1%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Pinellas County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	11.4%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Pinellas County
Poverty rate	14.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1986	1976