AreaProfile

33705St. Petersburg, Florida

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 33705.

61
Area Score
Bottom 46% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 48% of 727 published ZIP areas56
GrowthTop 12% of 701 published ZIP areas69
Housing affordability502nd of 800 published ZIP areas61
ClimateTop 14% of 779 published ZIP areas83
Physical resilience597th of 800 published ZIP areas34
AccessTop 31% of 779 published ZIP areas98
Economic stability725th of 800 published ZIP areas34
The quick read

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 2,841 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 175% on the prior year.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

A major airport is 12 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
27,939
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$73,027
Top 48% nationally
Density
5,005/sq mi
5.6 sq mi of land
Median age
43.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
St. Petersburg
Florida
Metro area
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Nearest major airport
PIE
12 mi · St Pete-Clearwater Intl
Median home value
$365,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.1% is lower than 80% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.9% over the past year, to 142,447 employed residents.

37% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 76% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,354$73,027Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,013$45,742Top 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate17.0%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute30.3 minTop 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher36.7%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment142,447Bottom 30%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-3.7%Bottom 3%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.9%Bottom 47%June 2026
Labor force148,600Bottom 30%June 2026
Labor force participation60.2%Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$66,490Bottom 45%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,940Bottom 37%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.5%Top 36%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.1%Bottom 20%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202473k63k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $73,027 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons45,130$33,790
Registered Nurses38,720$85,470
General and Operations Managers35,700$103,670
Customer Service Representatives34,150$42,660
Fast Food and Counter Workers33,910$29,260
Cashiers25,820$30,290

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for St. Petersburg, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,526 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.0 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
25.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,526
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$365,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income5.01Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate58.5%Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±79615,259Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$119$1,526Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$19,060$365,600Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income25.1%Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate19.5%Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
69/ 100
Top 12% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

73% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 10.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2,841
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
10.9
Top 6% nationally
Year over year
+175%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
73.1%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for St. Petersburg, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 55°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 46.6 inches.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ST PETERSBURG AP, 2.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND8.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation46.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low55°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing22°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

34 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

LightningModerate
Coastal floodingElevated
HurricaneElevated

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, cold wave, inland flooding, heat wave, hail, wildfire, earthquake, strong wind, drought, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 12 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
St Pete-Clearwater IntlPIE12 mi9,730 ft
Tampa IntlTPA18 mi11,002 ft
Sarasota/Bradenton IntlSRQ24 mi9,500 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

33705 vs St. Petersburg

How this ZIP area compares with St. Petersburg as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

33705
St. Petersburg
Median household income
$73,027
vs
$75,192
Per capita income
$45,742
vs
$51,961
Population density
5,005/sq mi
vs
4,251/sq mi
Median home value
$365,600
vs
$371,100
Median gross rent
$1,526
vs
$1,663
Homeownership rate
58.5%
vs
62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
36.7%
vs
42.6%
Poverty rate
17.0%
vs
12.5%
Median age
43.3
vs
43.1

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.