Benbows
Homes for Sale in St. Petersburg, FL

Benbows is a 377-home pocket of St Petersburg where the housing stock spans more than a century of construction, anchored by a median build year of 1925 and a typical home size just under 1,950 square feet. No community amenities are identified in current MLS listings, so this is a housing-and-location play rather than an amenity-driven one.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 7 homes in Benbows that have changed hands since 2011, built between 1920 and 1926 (median 1920), with a median living area of about 1,136 sq ft and a typical 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 26 qualified sales in Benbows across 2024–2025 (19 in 2024, 7 in 2025), median $830,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Benbows is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 33701, 255 homes are on the market and 21% are under contract — a steady corner of St Petersburg.

Across Pinellas County, 6,628 homes are active and 1,729 pending (21% under contract).

In ZIP 33701 (St Petersburg), 1,166 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $1.65M ($836/sq ft), up 6.9% year over year, with a median 20 days on market. Right now 165 active and 28 pending listings put supply at about 2.6 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 33701 housing market and the Pinellas County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Benbows specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

With a median year built of 1925 but listings stretching to 2024, Benbows functions as two overlapping markets: original early-20th-century homes and newer infill construction built into the same lots and blocks. Buyers evaluating this community need to look closely at each individual property's build year and renovation history rather than assuming a neighborhood-wide condition profile, because age here is not uniform.

The homestead share sitting just under half signals a market where roughly equal numbers of owners live in their homes as their primary residence versus holding them for other purposes. That mix shapes turnover patterns and how a given listing gets marketed, and it is worth asking directly whether a specific home has been owner-occupied or held as a rental when evaluating condition and maintenance history.

In a community where build years span more than a hundred years on the same streets, the comp work is not simple, a home built in the 1910s and one built in the 2010s two doors down do not price off the same logic. We pull the actual MLS history property by property, so you know whether you are pricing against original construction, a renovation, or new infill, rather than relying on a neighborhood-wide average that will mislead you either direction.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.