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A town of 2,519, settled in 1934.
Bay Pines gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $287K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. It grades A− overall, 29th among Florida's 634 graded towns. The biggest park or preserve is War Veteran's Memorial Park, at 133 acres.
Where Bay Pines beats most towns.
Where Bay Pines’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Bay Pines is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,757 in 1980, 3,106 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 3 maps from 1974 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bay Pines. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
21 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
22 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
9 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí Museum
27 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a yearTropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0
Bay Pines is unincorporated, so Pinellas County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bay Pines.
Bay Pines draws workers from St. Petersburg and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
4,601 jobs are based in Bay Pines, 3.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 306 in 2013 to 4,601.
Most working residents leave Bay Pines for work: only 3% work in town. Bay Pines’ average trip to work is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Bay Pines has added 4,295 jobs, to 4,601 in 2023.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 41% of residents (21% statewide); children under 18 are 6% of residents (20% statewide). 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62.3 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 31% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Bay Pines | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.7% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 2.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.2% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.4% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 19.2% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.2% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 34.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 10,355 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bay Pines’s, it is healthier than 90%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Bay Pines beats the Florida average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 32% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Bay Pines.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bay Pines | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.8% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. War Veteran's Memorial Park | — | 133 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 97 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bay Pines.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 52.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
Bay Pines has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Bay Pines is 53°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 53°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
87% of Bay Pines households own their home.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,185 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bay Pines
About 4 of every 100 Bay Pines residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Bay Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bay Pines had a population of 3,106. The community is home to Bay Pines Veterans Hospital and Bay Pines National Cemetery.
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4 towns share a border with Bay Pines.
At #29 in FL, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Seminole (C+) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Pines | #29 | A− | B | — | B | B+ |
| Seminole | #282 | C+ | C− | C+ | B | B+ |
| Madeira Beach | #301 | C+ | D− | C− | B | A− |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
| West Lealman | #284 | C+ | B− | — | B | C− |
Bay Pines and West Lealman report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bay Pines with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bay Pines grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #29 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and B for schools.
The typical home is worth about $287,000, 24% below the Florida typical home. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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