Best PlacesPasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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.
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg ranks 3,154th 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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.
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,004, 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg.
Who works in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg, and how
Work in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg, month by month
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 18 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
Schools across Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg average a C+, better than 44% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Azalea Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Gulfport Montessori Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Azalea Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Boca Ciega High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg
Is Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg ranks 3,154th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,635. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $76,004 median income, cost of living beats 53% of neighborhoods.
Is Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg safe?
Yes, Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg is safer than 84% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
Compare Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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.
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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.
Your priorities
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