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St. Petersburg, FL

258,214 Population
61.9 square miles 4,173.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 42.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$40,537 ±$2,309 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: $37,361 ±$712
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $36,196 ±$290
$64,141 ±$2,375 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: $62,951 ±$877
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $63,062 ±$425

13.8% ±2.1% (34,806  ±5,425) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 13% 411,625 (±0.6% / ±17,831)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 13.1% 2,805,433 (±0.2% / ±50,403)

23.6 minutes ±1.2 (2,369,500  ±199,696) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 26.7 31,862,720 (±0.2 / ±534,968)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.1 222,900,220 (±0.2 / ±1,911,573)

Families

111,349 ±3,294 Number of households
  • the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 1,309,614 ±8,827
  • Florida: 8,565,329 ±25,039
2.3 ±0.1 (252,975  ±1,000) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 2.4 3,170,646 (±0 / ±4,520)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,368,668 (±0)

3.1% ±1.3% (1,910  ±833) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 3.8% † 27,652 (±0.5% / ±3,475)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 4.5% 211,115 (±0.2% / ±9,316)

Housing

137,046 ±3,480 Number of housing units
  • the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 1,489,450 ±1,878
  • Florida: 10,054,509 ±692

$315,200 ±$13,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: $279,600 ±$3,431
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $290,700 ±$1,438

14.1% ±2% (36,235  ±4,990.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 15% 479,544 (±0.7% / ±21,098.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 14% 3,019,117 (±0.2% / ±50,808.7)

Social

93.5% ±3.2% (181,855  ±7,286.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 90.9% 2,132,666 (±1.1% / ±25,112.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89.8% 14,153,579 (±0.5% / ±71,334.5)
40.7% ±2% (79,175  ±4,196.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 34.5% 808,489 (±0.7% / ±15,503.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,226,846 (±0.3% / ±40,997.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.6% ±1.3% (27,481  ±3,289) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 14.8% 477,769 (±0.5% / ±15,306)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 21.2% 4,608,653 (±0.2% / ±44,472)

7.5% ±0.9% (15,734  ±1,821) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 8.8% 226,705 (±0.3% / ±8,362)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 7.8% 1,356,882 (±0.1% / ±17,188)
15,734 Total veterans ±1,821 14,181 Male ±1,558 1,553 Female ±664

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