Best PlacesBay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg ranks 2,209th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Short commute19.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 35% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,476, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg.
Who works in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, and how
Work in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, month by month
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 61° | 54° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 13 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
Schools across Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg average a B−, better than 61% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Shore Acres Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Lynch Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- John M. Sexton Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadowlawn Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Petersburg High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Northeast High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg
Is Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg ranks 2,209th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,941. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $77,476 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg safe?
Yes, Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg is safer than 90% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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