Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1934 and has 2,519 residents today.
Nothing here grades far from typical. Bay Pines’s overall grade is A−, better than three quarters of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 29th of 634 in Florida. Its strongest subject is incomes (B+) — the median household earns $68K. It also does well on health: residents are healthier than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. At about $287K, a typical home costs 3.9 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. The drawback is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 68% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. The biggest park or preserve is War Veteran's Memorial Park, at 133 acres.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap.
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.
The top destinations are St. Petersburg (19%), Largo (10%) and Tampa (6%). For most workers, Bay Pines is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Bay Pines has added 4,295 jobs, to 4,601 in 2023. Bay Pines’ average commute is 31 minutes.
| 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
Bay Pines’ midpoint age is 62.3 years, against 42.4 years in Florida’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Here, 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 34% in Florida as a whole.
| Bay Pines | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 41% | 20% | 18% |
| 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 that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
19% of Bay Pines adults have been diagnosed with depression, above Florida’s towns (18%) but below U.S. towns (23%). Bay Pines: 32% of adults sleep under 7 hours. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Bay Pines is ahead of Florida on 12 and behind on 4. Among adults here, 14% report frequent mental distress and 81% had a checkup this year.
| 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
The national flood insurance program has paid 97 claims in Bay Pines since 1979. 38% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 32%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bay Pines after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 52.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
Snow almost never falls. Also worth knowing: in Bay Pines, the January low is 53°F.
| 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
Bay Pines’ typical rent stands at $1,185 a month. Among households in the town, 87% are owner-occupiers.
| 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. 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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