Best PlacesPinellas Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pinellas Park, 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.
Pinellas Park ranks 1,455th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Pinellas Park
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.
Pinellas Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pinellas Park ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of cities
- BikingBetter than 84% of cities
- TransitBetter than 83% of cities
Where Pinellas Park ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
- Household income$68,037 median, better than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pinellas Park
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pinellas Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,037; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Pinellas Park's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pinellas Park
Pinellas Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pinellas Park.
Who works in Pinellas Park, and how
Work in Pinellas Park centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pinellas Park
Pinellas Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pinellas Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pinellas Park, month by month
Pinellas Park sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Pinellas Park
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pinellas Park
Schools across Pinellas Park average a B−, better than 51% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Walsingham Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- High Point Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fitzgerald Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Osceola Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pinellas Park Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Northeast High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Dixie M. Hollins High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Pinellas Park High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pinellas Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pinellas Park 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 Pinellas Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Pinellas Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pinellas Park
Is Pinellas Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pinellas Park ranks 1,455th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and walkability, 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 Pinellas Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,748. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $68,037 median income, cost of living beats 24% of cities.
Is Pinellas Park safe?
Pinellas Park is safer than 42% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pinellas Park?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 83% of cities.
Is Pinellas Park good for families?
Schools beat 51% of cities, crime safety beats 42%, and childcare runs $1,048 a month.
Compare Pinellas Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pinellas Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pinellas Park 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.
Pinellas Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pinellas Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pinellas Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pinellas Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pinellas Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pinellas Park 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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