Photo: Gabriel Classon (gabeclasson on Flickr) · CC BY 2.0Living in St. Pete Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to St. Pete Beach is Recycling Dropoff Site, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Most homes in St. Pete Beach have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Pete Beach, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in St. Pete Beach.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves 86.9% of St. Pete Beach residents. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $185 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: progress-energy.com · (800) 700-8744
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pinellas County Utilities
Pinellas County Utilities supplies St. Pete Beach: about 88% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant and Tampa Bay Water -Cypress Creek and City of St Petersburg as sellers) and serves 506,353 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2020, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2020: EPA has no newer result for this system.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL6521405.
5 home internet providers serve St. Pete Beach
97% of 3,677 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 82% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 84% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 63% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 35% | 1,000/75 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in St. Pete Beach: every week, Wed
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Pete Beach, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Hard plastic containers
- Glass
- Cans
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check stpetebeach.org →
From stpetebeach.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
St. Pete Beach is in Pinellas County School District.
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
St. Pete Beach spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where St. Pete Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Pete Beach | ZIP’s residents in St. Pete Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33706 | Saint Petersburg, FL | 98% | 57% |
| 33707 | Saint Petersburg, FL | 2% | 1% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in St. Pete Beach
Who supplies St. Pete Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pinellas County Utilities (EPA ID FL6521405). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2020), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Pete Beach?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve St. Pete Beach?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Pete Beach?
33706 (98%), 33707 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Pete Beach in?
Pinellas County School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Pete Beach?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: St. Pete Beach’s own website (stpetebeach.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.