Pasco County vs Pinellas County

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

Pasco 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 588,758 in Pasco County). Pinellas County has the higher median household income ($70,293 vs $67,384 in Pasco County). Pinellas County has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $265,800 in Pasco County).

Population, income & housing

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
Population	588,758	960,565
Median age	43.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,384	$70,293
Median home value	$265,800	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,525
Housing units	265,118	518,180
Homeownership rate	75.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
Population	524,602 → 588,758 (+12.2%)	964,666 → 960,565 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,828 → $67,384 (+27.6%)	$54,090 → $70,293 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $265,800 (+64.0%)	$201,200 → $319,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,372 (+29.2%)	$1,112 → $1,525 (+37.1%)

Pasco County

Population

524,602588,758

Median household income

$52,828$67,384

Median home value

$162,100$265,800

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,372

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)

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.1%
75 and over	9.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	71.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
Drove alone	69.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.4%	17.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
1-unit, detached	63.9%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	12.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Pasco County	Pinellas County
Poverty rate	11.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1991	1976