City safety & data profile

St. PetersburgFL

St. Petersburg, FL is a 257K-resident city in Pinellas County with a median household income of $75,192.

Pinellas County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for St. Petersburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. St. Petersburg has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $371,100, and 6 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Compiled by Areazine

Data updated 2026-09-05

257K
Population (place): Top 2%
By size: $75,192
Median income (place): $371,100
Median home (place): 12.5%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 6 hospitals serve the St. Petersburg area.

Bottom 45%
by median income, US cities: 6
hospitals in & near St. Petersburg

Where St. Petersburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$75,192 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Jacksonville

1,009,833
Miami

487,014
Tampa

414,547
Orlando

334,854
St. Petersburg

257,083
Hialeah

237,069
Tallahassee

201,731
Fort Lauderd…

183,146
Cape Coral

175,229
Pembroke Pines

166,611

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Pinecrest

$206,417
Parkland

$198,669
Lake Butler

$182,500
Key Biscayne

$181,505
Keystone

$161,056
Naples

$153,182
Miami Shores

$144,050
Palmetto Bay

$142,447
Fruit Cove

$141,863
Weston

$139,825

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading St. Petersburg, FL beyond the headline numbers

St. Petersburg sits inside Pinellas County, Florida, at roughly 27.77°N, -82.68°W. Population 257,083, $75,192 median household income. Median home value $371,100, median rent $1,663. Poverty rate 12.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

6 hospitals in/around St. Petersburg, 2.4/5 avg rating, 5 with an ER.

Poverty in St. Petersburg, FL stands at 12.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in St. Petersburg runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

21.1% of St. Petersburg workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

At 43.1 years, St. Petersburg's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for St. Petersburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

257,083

St. Petersburg · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$75,192

-16% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$371,100

-10% vs avg

Median Age (place)

43.1

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pinellas County): St. Petersburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

963K+5%

Median Income

$72,646+60%

Median Home Value

$355,100+134%

Poverty Rate

11.5%-18%

Unemployment

4.4%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for St. Petersburg, FL
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,663/mo
Poverty Rate	12.5%
Unemployment	4.7%
Bachelor's Degree+	42.6%
Work From Home	21.1%
Public Transit	1.5%

Population

White 64.6%

African American 19.1%

Asian 3.7%

Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

36.9%

High Blood Pressure

34.6%

Obesity

32.7%

Physical Inactivity

22.7%

Frequent Mental Distress

16.6%

Binge Drinking

16.6%

Frequent Physical Distress

13.3%

Current Smoking

12.4%

Diabetes

12.2%

Lack of Health Insurance

11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.3%

Annual Checkup 78.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

10%

Coronary Heart Disease

6.7%

Stroke

3.6%

Hospitals 6 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

2.4/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

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