Households in Pinellas Park have lower incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 6.0 in Tampa. 12.9% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Pinellas Park B−; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pinellas Park, in brief
Pinellas Park is where the jobs are
Pinellas Park has 43,149 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg trade workers both ways
St. Petersburg is the top workplace for Pinellas Park residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Pinellas Park come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Pinellas Park residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Pinellas Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pinellas Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pinellas Park is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #340 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Pinellas Park’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,432, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pinellas Park could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Pinellas Park by day and by night
On a workday 22,062 residents head out to work, 3,193 work right here, and 39,956 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70,000 people are in Pinellas Park on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Pinellas Park
Where Pinellas Park clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Pinellas Park to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Pinellas Park: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinellas Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,614 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A place that makes things: 33% of Pinellas Park’s jobs are in goods
43,149 jobs are based in Pinellas Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinellas Park, 2013 → 2023: 37,140 → 43,149. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pinellas Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Pinellas Park
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pinellas Park is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #182 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 26,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Pinellas Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pinellas Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pinellas Park ranks: 578th of 837 U.S. towns of 37,000 to 71,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 576 | Bourbonnais Township IL | 38,541 | $76K | 10.0% | 5.5% | 26% | B− |
| 577 | Altamonte Springs FL | 48,000 | $64K | 11.9% | 5.1% | 7% | B− |
| 578 | Pinellas Park FL | 52,295 | $63K | 12.9% | 4.6% | 13% | B− |
| 579 | Taunton MA | 62,522 | $79K | 13.0% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| 580 | Monroe NC | 42,644 | $73K | 13.3% | 4.6% | 22% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 837 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pinellas Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 30% of Pinellas Park’s workers
The biggest share goes to St. Petersburg (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pinellas Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinellas Park | – | B− | A− | 23 min | $63,432 |
| West Lealman | under 2% | C | A | 29 min | $51,589 |
| Lealman | 2% | C | A− | 25 min | $45,308 |
| Largo | 10% | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,096 |
| Bardmoor | under 2% | A− | B | 25 min | $89,400 |
| St. Petersburg | 18% | B | A | 26 min | $75,192 |
| Kenneth City | under 2% | B− | A | 27 min | $49,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pinellas Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pinellas Park: questions
What is the median household income in Pinellas Park?
$63,432 (±$2,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinellas Park?
12.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinellas Park?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinellas Park work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (18%, 8 mi), Largo (10%, 5 mi), Tampa (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pinellas Park walkable?
Pinellas Park is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinellas Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinellas Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinellas Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.