St. Petersburg Neighborhoods Compared: Values, Rents and Housing Age

Census tract figures for eight St. Pete areas matched from public recreation centers, set against citywide medians, with the historic district rules that apply in Kenwood and Roser Park.

Short answer: St. Petersburg neighborhoods differ sharply in Census tract data: the tract with the Shore Acres Recreation Center has a $650,100 median home value and $2,683 median rent, while the tract with Childs Park Recreation Center has a $230,200 median value, against $371,100 and $1,663 citywide in the ACS 2020-2024. About 63% of occupied city units are owner occupied (calculated from ACS counts), and parts of Kenwood and Roser Park carry local historic district review.

Last verified: October 18, 2026, against the sources listed at the end of this page.

How do home values and rents differ across St. Petersburg neighborhoods?

Home values across St. Petersburg tracts run from a $650,100 median near the Shore Acres Recreation Center to $230,200 near the Childs Park Recreation Center, against a $371,100 citywide median.

Home values and rents in the census tracts containing eight St. Petersburg recreation landmarks (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25077 and B25064)
Landmark used to match the tractTractMedian home valueMedian gross rent
Shore Acres Recreation Center, 4230 Shore Acres Blvd. NE240.05$650,100$2,683
Walter Fuller Recreation Center, 7891 26th Ave. N.224.02$448,600$1,822
North Shore Aquatic Complex, 901 North Shore Dr. NE236.01$534,100$1,712
Roberts Recreation Center, 1246 50th Ave. N.242.02$350,500$1,698
Campbell Park Recreation Center, 601 14th St. S.287$340,300$1,869
Lake Vista Recreation Center, 1401 62nd Ave. S.202.08$265,500$1,598
Gladden Park Recreation Center, 3901 30th Ave. N.228.01$264,400$1,219
Childs Park Recreation Center, 4301 13th Ave. S.208$230,200$1,957
St. Petersburg citywideAll$371,100$1,663

The tract around the Shore Acres Recreation Center leads on both measures, with a median gross rent of $2,683, while the tract around the Gladden Park Recreation Center has the lowest median rent of the eight, $1,219. Rents do not track values closely: the Childs Park tract has the lowest median value but a median rent of $1,957, above the St. Petersburg citywide median of $1,663. Values are ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, not sale prices, and no listing or brokerage data is used here.

Which St. Petersburg neighborhoods are mostly owners, and which mostly renters?

Owners dominate the St. Petersburg tracts around the Shore Acres, Walter Fuller and Roberts recreation centers, while renters outnumber owners in the tracts around Lake Vista and Childs Park.

Ownership and housing age in the same St. Petersburg tracts (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25003 and B25035)
LandmarkOwner-occupied of occupied unitsRenter-occupied unitsMedian year built
Shore Acres Recreation Center1,161 of 1,233721966
Walter Fuller Recreation Center1,936 of 2,2312951960
North Shore Aquatic Complex668 of 1,3286601971
Roberts Recreation Center1,002 of 1,2822801959
Campbell Park Recreation Center432 of 7643321963
Lake Vista Recreation Center387 of 1,1187311975
Gladden Park Recreation Center1,395 of 2,2128171968
Childs Park Recreation Center706 of 1,4617551958
St. Petersburg citywide74,915 of 119,24444,3291969

The Shore Acres tract counts 1,161 owner households against 72 renters, and the tract around the Walter Fuller Recreation Center at 7891 26th Ave. N. counts 1,936 owners against 295 renters. The Lake Vista Recreation Center tract, at 1401 62nd Ave. S., reverses the pattern, with 731 renter households and 387 owners, and the tract around the North Shore Aquatic Complex is split almost evenly, 668 owners to 660 renters. Citywide, 74,915 of 119,244 occupied St. Petersburg units are owner occupied, about 63%, a share calculated here from the ACS counts.

How old are homes in St. Petersburg neighborhoods?

The median year built for St. Petersburg housing is 1969, and the tracts checked here range from a 1958 median near Childs Park to 1975 near Lake Vista.

Four of the eight tracts have median build years in the late 1950s or early 1960s: 1958 around the Childs Park Recreation Center, 1959 around the Roberts Recreation Center, 1960 around the Walter Fuller Recreation Center and 1963 around the Campbell Park Recreation Center (ACS B25035). The tract with the North Shore Aquatic Complex has a 1971 median, and the Lake Vista tract is the youngest of the eight at 1975, against 1969 for St. Petersburg as a whole (ACS B25035, citywide).

Street surfaces carry their own protection. Brick paving in St. Pete dates to 1903; a 1992 City Council resolution was the first to guard brick streets, granite curbs included, from removal; every National Register and local historic district now protects its brick streets; and hexblock sidewalks, in use since about 1914, are protected within and next to historic districts (City of St. Petersburg Historic Preservation).

Which St. Petersburg neighborhoods carry historic district rules for owners?

Owners in St. Petersburg local historic districts, including Roser Park and four Kenwood sections, have proposed changes reviewed by city preservation staff through Certificates of Appropriateness.

A National Register listing on its own does not limit a private owner's future alterations unless the project uses federal assistance (City of St. Petersburg Historic Preservation).

Roser Park became a local district in July 1987 and grew in September 2018 to take in 801 to 829 10th Ave. S., while Historic Kenwood was designated piece by piece: Seminole Park (November 2017), Southeast Kenwood (June 2018), NW Kenwood (April 2019) and SW Central Kenwood (April 2021), each a separate entry on the city register (St. Petersburg Register of Historic Places). The SW Central Kenwood section began as an application certified through balloting of registered property owners and reached City Council on April 15, 2021 (City of St. Petersburg Kenwood project page), which describes it as a portion of the Historic Kenwood neighborhood, so not every Kenwood address is inside a local district.

Local designation is the step that brings review, since the city says it gives a landmark a degree of protection against needless demolition and out-of-character alterations by private owners, and its Design Guidelines for Historic Properties carry an appendix for each local historic district (St. Petersburg Historic Preservation). The posted register ends with a January 2022 entry, so the city Historic Preservation Map is the better check for a specific St. Pete address. The full district list and history are in the Digital Towns St. Petersburg historic districts guide.

How reliable are tract figures for a St. Petersburg neighborhood?

Tract estimates allow a like-for-like comparison of St. Petersburg areas, but they carry wide margins of error, and each figure here is the tract's, not a city-defined neighborhood's.

Each tract here was found by entering a public facility address from the St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation Centers Directory or the North Shore Aquatic Complex page into the Census Bureau Geocoder, for example Shore Acres Recreation Center to Census Tract 240.05 and Lake Vista Recreation Center to Census Tract 202.08. Azalea Recreation Center at 1600 72nd St. N. returns the same tract as Walter Fuller, Census Tract 224.02, so one tract can hold two recreation centers and parts of several neighborhoods.

The margins matter. The ACS gives the North Shore tract a median value of $534,100 plus or minus $157,207, and the Walter Fuller tract a median rent of $1,822 plus or minus $833 (ACS B25077, Tract 236.01; ACS B25064, Tract 224.02). The St. Petersburg citywide figures are far tighter, with the $371,100 median value at plus or minus $7,664. Last verified: October 18, 2026, against data.census.gov tables for the 2020-2024 ACS, the Census Geocoder and the City of St. Petersburg preservation pages.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median home value in St. Petersburg?

The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate puts the St. Petersburg citywide median value of owner-occupied homes at $371,100, plus or minus $7,664. Tract medians vary widely, from $650,100 in the tract with the Shore Acres Recreation Center to $230,200 in the tract with Childs Park Recreation Center.

What is the median rent in St. Petersburg?

The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate gives St. Petersburg a citywide median gross rent of $1,663, plus or minus $30. Among the tracts checked for this guide, the Shore Acres tract is highest at $2,683 and the Gladden Park tract lowest at $1,219.

Which St. Petersburg areas are mostly renters?

Among eight tracts checked, renters outnumber owners in the tract around the Lake Vista Recreation Center, 731 renter households to 387 owners, and in the tract around Childs Park Recreation Center, 755 to 706. The North Shore Aquatic Complex tract is split almost evenly.

How old are St. Petersburg homes?

The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates give St. Petersburg a citywide median year built of 1969. The tracts checked range from a 1958 median around Childs Park Recreation Center to 1975 around Lake Vista Recreation Center.

Is Historic Kenwood a local historic district?

Parts of it are. The St. Petersburg Register lists four Kenwood sections as local historic districts: Seminole Park, designated November 2017, Southeast Kenwood, June 2018, NW Kenwood, April 2019, and SW Central Kenwood, April 2021. Proposed changes to locally designated properties are reviewed by city historic preservation staff through Certificates of Appropriateness.

Sources

  1. St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation: Centers Directory https://www.stpeteparksrec.org/parks___facilities/centers2.php Used for: public addresses of the recreation centers used to match census tracts
  2. St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation: North Shore Aquatic Complex https://www.stpeteparksrec.org/parks___facilities/north_shore_aquatic_complex.php Used for: public address 901 North Shore Dr. NE used to match a census tract
  3. City of St. Petersburg: Historic Preservation https://www.stpete.org/business/planning___zoning/historic_preservation.php Used for: National Register versus St. Petersburg Register, Certificates of Appropriateness, design guidelines, brick streets since 1903 and their protection, hexagon block sidewalks since about 1914, Historic Preservation Map
  4. City of St. Petersburg Register of Historic Places (list) https://www.stpete.org/Business/Planning%20&%20Zoning/Historic%20Preservation/St-Petersburg-Register-of-Historic-Places.pdf Used for: Kenwood sections and Roser Park designation dates; last entry January 2022
  5. City of St. Petersburg: Kenwood Section Southwest Central (planning project 19-90300002) https://www.stpete.org/residents/current_projects/planning_projects/19-90300002_kenwood_section_southwest_central.php Used for: application certified through balloting of registered property owners, City Council hearing April 15, 2021
  6. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 1600 72nd St. N. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=1600+72nd+St+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33710&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Azalea Recreation Center falls in Census Tract 224.02
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 4230 Shore Acres Blvd. NE https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=4230+Shore+Acres+Blvd+NE,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33703&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 240.05, Pinellas County, for Shore Acres Recreation Center
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 7891 26th Ave. N. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=7891+26th+Ave+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33710&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 224.02, Pinellas County, for Walter Fuller Recreation Center
  9. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 901 North Shore Dr. NE https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=901+North+Shore+Dr+NE,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33701&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 236.01, Pinellas County, for North Shore Aquatic Complex
  10. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 1246 50th Ave. N. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=1246+50th+Ave+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33703&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 242.02, Pinellas County, for Roberts Recreation Center
  11. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 601 14th St. S. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=601+14th+St+S,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33705&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 287, Pinellas County, for Campbell Park Recreation Center
  12. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 1401 62nd Ave. S. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=1401+62nd+Ave+S,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33705&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 202.08, Pinellas County, for Lake Vista Recreation Center
  13. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 3901 30th Ave. N. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=3901+30th+Ave+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33713&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 228.01, Pinellas County, for Gladden Park Recreation Center
  14. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: 4301 13th Ave. S. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=4301+13th+Ave+S,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33711&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Census2020_Current&layers=Census%20Tracts&format=json Used for: Census Tract 208, Pinellas County, for Childs Park Recreation Center
  15. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 240.05 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103024005 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 240.05
  16. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 240.05 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103024005 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 240.05
  17. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 240.05 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103024005 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 240.05
  18. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 240.05 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103024005 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 240.05
  19. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 224.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103022402 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 224.02
  20. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 224.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103022402 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 224.02
  21. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 224.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103022402 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 224.02
  22. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 224.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103022402 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 224.02
  23. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 236.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103023601 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 236.01
  24. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 236.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103023601 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 236.01
  25. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 236.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103023601 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 236.01
  26. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 236.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103023601 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 236.01
  27. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 242.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103024202 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 242.02
  28. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 242.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103024202 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 242.02
  29. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 242.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103024202 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 242.02
  30. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 242.02 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103024202 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 242.02
  31. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 287 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103028700 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 287
  32. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 287 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103028700 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 287
  33. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 287 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103028700 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 287
  34. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 287 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103028700 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 287
  35. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 202.08 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103020208 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 202.08
  36. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 202.08 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103020208 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 202.08
  37. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 202.08 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103020208 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 202.08
  38. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 202.08 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103020208 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 202.08
  39. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 228.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103022801 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 228.01
  40. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 228.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103022801 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 228.01
  41. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 228.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103022801 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 228.01
  42. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 228.01 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103022801 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 228.01
  43. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, Census Tract 208 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=1400000US12103020800 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for Census Tract 208
  44. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, Census Tract 208 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=1400000US12103020800 Used for: median gross rent for Census Tract 208
  45. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, Census Tract 208 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=1400000US12103020800 Used for: median year structure built for Census Tract 208
  46. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, Census Tract 208 https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=1400000US12103020800 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for Census Tract 208
  47. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25077, St. Petersburg city https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25077?g=160XX00US1263000 Used for: median value of owner-occupied homes for St. Petersburg city
  48. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25064, St. Petersburg city https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064?g=160XX00US1263000 Used for: median gross rent for St. Petersburg city
  49. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, St. Petersburg city https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1263000 Used for: median year structure built for St. Petersburg city
  50. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, St. Petersburg city https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1263000 Used for: tenure, owner and renter occupied units for St. Petersburg city
Last updated: October 18, 2026

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