Pinellas County Homes for Sale

Pinellas County snapshot (April 2026): typical home value $368K ($309/sqft), median rent $2,011, about 7,140 active listings, a median 74 days on market, and 25.4% of listings cutting price — a buyer's market. Values are -4.7% over the past year and +4.3% over five years.

Pinellas balances a beach-tourism economy with serious corporate weight. Raymond James Financial and Jabil are headquartered in St. Petersburg, Honeywell Aerospace and TD Synnex anchor Clearwater, and healthcare runs deep with BayCare and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Tourism along the Gulf beaches is a year-round engine, and St. Petersburg's downtown has become a magnet for tech and creative firms.

Pinellas County Schools runs a strong fundamental-and-magnet program, with the top performers clustered in the north county (Palm Harbor, East Lake) and the dedicated choice schools.

• St. Petersburg Collegiate High School
• Palm Harbor University High School
• East Lake High School
• Osceola Fundamental High School
• Clearwater Fundamental Middle School

Many of the strongest options are fundamental or magnet schools with application or conduct requirements — confirm both the zoned assignment and choice eligibility for an address. See school-zone guides →

A median-priced Pinellas County home costs about $2,787/month all-in (mortgage, tax, and insurance, 10% down) against median household income of $70,293. Florida's homestead exemption removes up to $50,000 of assessed value, and Save Our Homes caps annual assessed-value increases at 3% while you keep the homestead.

At about $1,911 a year on average, Pinellas is middle-of-the-pack for Florida — manageable, but very address-dependent near the water. Wind-mitigation features earn insurance credits; flood insurance is priced separately by address. Run your own numbers with the true cost calculator.

Builders pulled 4,198 residential permits last year (+59.8% YoY) — 1,376 single-family and 2,822 multifamily, about 4.4 per 1,000 residents. Active master-planned communities include Lansbrook (East Lake); Bardmoor; Feather Sound; Ridgemoor. Builders compete on rate buydowns and closing-cost credits; buyer representation matters even on a new build. See active builders →

Pinellas County has about 960,565 residents. On a net domestic basis it saw net domestic out-migration of about 1,182 people and a net +$717.62M in adjusted gross income in the latest IRS filing year (county-to-county moves within the U.S.; this does not count international migration or births). Domestic arrivals are led by NY, CA, NJ, PA. Notably, even where the county loses residents on net, the income arriving outweighs the income leaving — a wealth-migration pattern.

Expect a divided market over the next 12 months: beach and waterfront demand remains strong but is being repriced by 2024 flooding and insurance, while higher-ground inland and north-county areas gain favor. Overall pricing should be flat-to-soft near the coast and steadier inland.

Pinellas balances a beach-tourism economy with serious corporate weight. Raymond James Financial and Jabil are headquartered in St. Petersburg, Honeywell Aerospace and TD Synnex anchor Clearwater, and healthcare runs deep with BayCare and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Tourism along the Gulf beaches is a year-round engine, and St. Petersburg's downtown has become a magnet for tech and creative firms.

• Pinellas County Schools
• BayCare Health System
• Raymond James Financial (St. Petersburg HQ)
• Jabil (St. Petersburg HQ)
• Honeywell Aerospace (Clearwater)
• TD Synnex (Clearwater HQ)
• Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
• Pinellas County government

Raymond James Financial and Jabil are headquartered in St. Petersburg; TD Synnex anchors Clearwater.

A deep, diversified employer base is what underpins housing demand through national cycles. Talk to a local Pinellas County agent →

Pinellas is built for the water: Clearwater Beach (regularly ranked the country's best), St. Pete Beach, and Honeymoon Island, plus St. Petersburg's walkable downtown, the Dali Museum, and a thriving food-and-arts scene. Dunedin and Tarpon Springs add small-town and Greek-heritage charm, and spring training and the Gulf sunsets anchor an easygoing coastal lifestyle.

Pinellas is one of the most storm-surge-vulnerable counties in the country, and Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 brought serious flooding to low-lying coastal neighborhoods — a turning point for how buyers weigh elevation and flood zones. Insurance is high and rising, the peninsula is essentially built out (limiting new supply), and AE flood zones are common near the water. Higher-ground north-county areas carry materially less risk.