Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to St. Petersburg

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
St. Pete Pier - EastPhoto: Jackdude101 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The St. Petersburg handbook

Living in St. Petersburg, FL: what to set up and who to call

St. Petersburg has its own drop-off, City Recycling Center, on 1000 62nd Ave North. The closest ER is Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital, 0.2 miles away.

Trash & dumpWho supplies the water?Which school will my kid attend?How do I register to vote?ZIP codes

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. Petersburg, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

PowerDuke Energyinvestor-owned utility · 18.4¢/kWhMore →WaterCity of St Petersburg water system0 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAMore →Internet9 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsMore →Trash & dumpFrom the town’s siteTrash and recycling rulesMore →SchoolPinellas County School DistrictWhich school depends on grade and addressMore →Register to voteOnlineRules from vote.govMore →ZIP codes33710, 33713, 33705 +10Where people live, not P.O. boxesMore →
Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in St. Petersburg.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Petersburg. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of St Petersburg water system

The City of St Petersburg water system supplies almost all of St. Petersburg. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Tampa Bay Water Reg. Surface Water Plant and Tampa Bay Water -Cypress Creek and Clearwater Water System and Pinellas County Utilities as sellers) and serves 349,979 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.

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. FL6521715.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve St. Petersburg

98% of 85,508 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 53% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
WOW!Cable93%1,200/50
FrontierFiber, DSL42%7,000/7,000
Tillman FiberFiber18%2,000/2,000
lumosFiber7%5,000/5,000
AT&TFixed wireless75%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in St. Petersburg

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Petersburg, from the town’s own site.

Drop-off

St. Petersburg City Recycling Center

1000 62nd Ave North, Saint Petersburg

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Glass containers (all colors)
  • Aluminum & steel cans, steel jar lids
  • Milk & juice cartons, drink boxes
  • Plastic bottles, jugs, jars, and tubs
  • Newspapers, magazines, mail, shopping ads, windowed envelopes
stpete.org
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsFree Special Pickup of select items (TVs, furniture, computer equipment) by size and quantity; schedule by calling Sanitation Department at 727-893-7398

From stpete.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. Petersburg kids go to
PK–526 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–88 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

St. Petersburg 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Official sitestpete.orgSt. Petersburg’s own websiteWikidataTown HallBudget, officials, electionsSt. Petersburg’s government in one page
Who runs elections herePinellas Supervisor of ElectionsElections here are run by Pinellas County (county election office). 13001 Starkey Road, Largo, FL 33773 · (727) 464-8683 · [email protected]FVAP, Nov 2023
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeregistration.elections.myflorida.comThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

St. Petersburg spans 13 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where St. Petersburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. PetersburgZIP’s residents in St. Petersburg
33710Saint Petersburg, FL13%100%
33713Saint Petersburg, FL12%100%
33705Saint Petersburg, FL11%100%
33702Saint Petersburg, FL10%89%
33712Saint Petersburg, FL10%100%
33703Saint Petersburg, FL9%100%
33711Saint Petersburg, FL8%97%
33701Saint Petersburg, FL7%100%
33716Saint Petersburg, FL7%97%
33704Saint Petersburg, FL6%100%
33707Saint Petersburg, FL2%25%
33714Saint Petersburg, FL2%23%
33715Saint Petersburg, FL2%51%

A few homes fall in 33709, 33762. 33729, 33730, 33731, 33732, 33733, 33734, 33736, 33737, 33738, 33740, 33741, 33742, 33743, 33747, 33784 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code727Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Nearest emergency roomOrlando Health Bayfront Hospital0.2 miles awayGet a library cardPinellas Public Library CooperativeNearest branch: Mirror Lake Branch, 280 5th Street North · (727) 893-7268

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in St. Petersburg

Who supplies St. Petersburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of St Petersburg water system (EPA ID FL6521715). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. Petersburg?

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. Petersburg?

Spectrum, WOW!, Frontier, Tillman Fiber, lumos, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. Petersburg?

33710 (13%), 33713 (12%), 33705 (11%), 33702 (10%), 33712 (10%), 33703 (9%), 33711 (8%), 33701 (7%), 33716 (7%), 33704 (6%), 33707 (2%), 33714 (2%), 33715 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. Petersburg in?

Pinellas County School District.

How do I register to vote in St. Petersburg?

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. Petersburg’s own website (stpete.org), read Oct 23, 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.