Feather SoundFL
A town of 3,476.
What should you know before moving to Feather Sound?
Homes are expensive, about $416K for a typical one and 5.6 times the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall it grades B−, 148th of 634 graded towns in Florida. Residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Feather Sound, above both Florida’s towns (31%) and U.S. towns (29%).
What makes Feather Sound stand out
Where Feather Sound beats most towns.
Feather Sound lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 18% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Feather Sound grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Feather Sound is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Feather Sound. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
27 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
19 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
10 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Feather Sound: who provides what
Feather Sound 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Feather Sound.
Feather Sound draws workers from St. Petersburg and beyond, has less tooth loss than most of Florida and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
2.6% of Feather Sound is conserved land
3.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Feather Sound’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Feather Sound | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Earl R Maize Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of adults in Feather Sound get no exercise outside work than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Florida is tooth loss: 3.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.7% statewide.
17% of Feather Sound adults get no exercise outside work. Feather Sound beats the Florida average on 21 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 8.3% of Feather Sound adults smoke cigarettes.
| Feather Sound | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Feather Sound | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.2% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Feather Sound
4,641 jobs are based in Feather Sound, 2.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,466 in 2013 to 4,641.
Most working residents leave Feather Sound for work: only 3% work in town. 25% of workers work from home in Feather Sound. Since 2013, Feather Sound has added 2,175 jobs, to 4,641 in 2023.
| Feather Sound | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Feather Sound
January nights average 52.3°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.4°.
Feather Sound has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Feather Sound is 52°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Feather Sound | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 52°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Feather Sound, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Feather Sound sells for about $256K
The median property tax bill is $4,153, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Feather Sound
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Feather Sound
About 7 of every 100 Feather Sound residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Every workday, about 4,585 people come to Feather Sound for work
Where Feather Sound’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Feather Sound
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Feather Sound is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Feather Sound had a population of 3,607. It includes the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6 ft
- Area code
- 727
Feather Sound’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Feather Sound.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feather Sound | #148 | B− | D− | — | B | A |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
Feather Sound reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Feather Sound with a neighbor →
Questions about Feather Sound
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Feather Sound, FL a good place to live?
Feather Sound grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #148 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Feather Sound, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $416,000, 11% above 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 D−.