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St. Petersburg, Florida

Introduction to St. Petersburg, Florida

Founded in 1876, St. Petersburg is the fourth largest city in Florida with a population of approximately 250,000 people, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. St. Petersburg is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metropolitan statistical area, which is the twentieth largest in the United States with a population in excess of 2.5 million people.

St. Petersburg is located on Florida's central Gulf coast, across Tampa Bay from the city of Tampa Bay. St. Petersburg is a past finalist community for the National Civic League's "All-America City Award". Tampa-St. Petersburg also ranked fourteenth on Inc. magazine's list of "The Top 25 Large Cities for Doing Business in America". St. Petersburg is home to two Fortune 1000 companies, and nearby Tampa is home to four more.

Access to higher learning is available in St. Petersburg at Eckerd College, a private liberal arts school and at campuses of University of South Florida, a public university, and St. Petersburg College, a local community college.

St. Petersburg weather can be characterized as a year round tropical climate. July and August are the hottest months of the year with average daily temperatures reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit. January is the coolest month, with average daily temperatures of 69 degrees Fahrenheit.

St. Petersburg Arts and Entertainment

St. Petersburg has many arts and entertainment attractions. Some of the more significant attractions include:

  • The American Stage
  • Baywalk (an entertainment and shopping area in downtown St. Pete)
  • The Dr. Carter G Woodson African-American Museum
  • The Florida Holocaust Museum
  • The Florida International Museum
  • Great Explorations, The Children's Museum
  • The Historic Coliseum Ballroom
  • The Museum of Fine Arts
  • The Salvador Dalí Museum
  • The St. Petersburg Museum of History
  • The Sunken Gardens
  • The Mahaffey Theater
  • The Palladium Theater
  • The Pier (A waterfront landmark)
  • The St. Petersburg Little Theater
  • The Ted Williams Baseball Museum
  • Tropicana Field (Home of the Devil Rays)

St. Petersburg's tropical weather make it an ideal home to many outdoor festivals every year. The city hosts more than 1,000 annual events and festivals including American Stage in the Park, the Art Arbor Nature Crafts Festival, the Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival, Earth Day’s Green Thumb Festival, and more. These annual ongoing music and art festivals fill the seven-miles of preserved downtown waterfront recreation areas and pack the city's streets and waterfront with seasonal parades. The city is also home to the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, an Indycar series car race.

Residents of St. Petersburg also have easy access to all of the arts and entertainment offerings of Tampa Bay, just across the bay.

For the sports minded, St. Petersburg is home to Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays who play downtown at Tropicana Field. Nearby Tampa Bay is also home to the Arena Football League's (AFL) Tampa Bay Storm, the National Hockey League's (NHL) Tampa Bay Lightning, and the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

High Points

St Petersburg strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Florida):

CategoryTrophy
Public Transportation Use
(vs. State)		Top 12%St Petersburg Public Transportation Use
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. Peers)		Top 14%St Petersburg Affordability of Property Taxes

Comparative Profile of St. Petersburg, FL

Comparing St Petersburg to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Florida (State):

Ratings range from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).


The People

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
Senior Citizens106
Age of the Population106
Female Share of the Population96
Well-Paid Single Women78
Well-Paid Single Men67
Racial Diversity47
Male Share of the Population35
Children Under 5 Years Old15

Families

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
Portion of People Married42
Average Household Size13

Wealth

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
People Above Poverty75
People in Middle Class or Better66
College Educated Adults57
Median Family Income46

Commute & Sprawl

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
Working at Home86
Walking and Biking to Work78
Short Commute Times68
Public Transportation Use59

Housing

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
Seasonal and Vacation Housing106
People Living Alone99
Affordability of Property Taxes96
Affordability of Rents76
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals69
Housing Recently Built41

Crime

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers		Compared
to State
Low Property Crime32
Low Violent Crime11

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