Tierra Verde in pictures
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A town of 4,108.
The typical home is worth about $806K, 10.8 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 207th among Florida's 634 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $151K. Tierra Verde’s median rent is $2,665 a month, against $1,647 a month in Florida’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 71 of Florida’s 779 towns do better. Tierra Verde has 2 places on the National Register.
Where Tierra Verde beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 23% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
18.2% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, so the town is fuller in summer than its census count suggests.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Tierra Verde is from typical.
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The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 5 maps from 1949 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tierra Verde. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
10 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
3 mi Park & preserveFort De Soto Park
9 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumTropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort De Soto Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
Tierra Verde 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Tierra Verde.
Tierra Verde has less food insecurity than most of Florida, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Florida and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
At 10.8 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home (about $806K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The typical value, about $806K, is 11% below its August 2022 peak.
95% of households own their home in Tierra Verde. The typical Tierra Verde home is worth about $806,000, down 0.9% in a year, about twice the Florida typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its 1,731 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other Florida town.
0.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Summer Resort Key, at 52 acres. The trail density in Tierra Verde is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Summer Resort Key | — | 52 |
| 2. Sawyer Key | — | 34 |
| 3. Sister Key | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 4.5% of its 3,503 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide. Against the 2,694 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tierra Verde’s, it is healthier than 61%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
16% of Tierra Verde adults get no exercise outside work. Tierra Verde beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 7.4% of Tierra Verde adults smoke cigarettes.
| Tierra Verde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 79% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Tierra Verde | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.5% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.4% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.3% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 476 in 2013 to 930. 40% of workers work from home, against 15.7% across Florida.
Most working residents leave Tierra Verde for work: only 7% work in town. Tierra Verde’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Jobs based in Tierra Verde grew to 930 in 2023, 454 more than in 2013.
| Tierra Verde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $151,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 52.6°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.8°. The St Petersburg weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 75 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 77% of Florida places with climate records.
Tierra Verde has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Tierra Verde | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 53°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Tierra Verde
About 4 of every 100 Tierra Verde residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
58.9% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Tierra Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tierra Verde had a population of 3,836. The community is located on an island near the entrance of Tampa Bay, and is connected by the bridges of the Pinellas Bayway to both St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. At the southern end of Tierra Verde is Fort De Soto, a county park.
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2 towns share a border with Tierra Verde.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra Verde | #207 | C+ | D− | — | B | A |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
| St. Pete Beach | #239 | C+ | D− | C | B | A− |
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Tierra Verde grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #207 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. 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−.