Is Belleair Shore a good place to live?
Belleair Shore’s trail density is 5.5 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Florida’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Belleair Shore has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Belleair Shore lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 37% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Tropicana Field and 48 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belleair Shore. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
29 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
24 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
27 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
17 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumPhoto credits
Tropicana 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 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Belleair Shore: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Belleair Shore, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Belleair Shore.
The biggest natural risk in Belleair Shore is coastal flooding, at a high overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 54 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Belleair Shore. Federal aid has come to Belleair Shore households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Belleair Shore brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 52° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults worry about having enough food in Belleair Shore than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Belleair Shore: 8.5% of adults smoke cigarettes, where Florida’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 14%. 5.5% of Belleair Shore adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Belleair Shore | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 4.9% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Belleair Shore | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.9% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.7% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.9% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Belleair Shore stands out in Florida and nationally: a larger share of its households own their home
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Belleair Shore
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Belleair Shore
About 9 of every 100 Belleair Shore residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
72 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Belleair Shore
Town in Florida, United States
Belleair Shore is a town in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The Town of Belleair Shore is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, more commonly known as the Tampa Bay area. It was officially established and incorporated as a municipality in 1955. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 73.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Area code
- 727
Questions about Belleair Shore
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Belleair Shore, FL a good place to live?
Belleair Shore has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.