The 10 Worst St. Petersburg Suburbs

The 10 Worst St. Petersburg Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Palmetto, the absolute worst place to live around St. Petersburg according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Palmetto beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the St. Petersburg area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 8th worst when it comes to home values.

But hey, at least it’s cheap to live there. But there’s a reason for that… it’s Palmetto.

You won’t feel bad about not having a great income for the area. There aren’t a bunch of places to spend your money anyway.

Welcome to Bradenton. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 19.2 miles to St. Petersburg. Income levels here are the 4th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $55,795 a year, which only goes so far even on a shoestring budget.

But on the bright side, there are a lot of fast food joints in the area.

Back up the highway we go for the third worst St. Petersburg suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Pinellas Park on here. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited. And that’s an understatement.

In terms of numbers, it’s in the worst 15% for insurance, and the adult high school dropout rate is poor compared to other St. Petersburg suburbs.

But at least there are lovely parks to bring the kids during the day.

If you live in Tampa, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 12th lowest St. Petersburg suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 9th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near St. Petersburg. Remember, we looked at 24 cities for this study.

Tampa is about 17.5 miles to downtown.

Clearwater has the distinction of being a St. Petersburg suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Clearwater has the 5th lowest home values in the metro St. Petersburg area, where the median price is $370,771. The median income is $141,250.

Clearwater has an unemployment rate of 4.67% which ranks 15th worst.

Oldsmar has 14,877 residents that probably know it’s a pretty crummy place to live when you look at the data. (Or, if you’ve ever been there, you don’t need to look at the data.)

Incomes are towards the bottom, and the poverty rate sits at 13.900796080832825%.

Ah, Temple Terrace. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around St. Petersburg.

It’s the place with the 19th most out of work residents in the St. Petersburg metro area (3.45%).

Largo is a city about 12.6 miles from St. Petersburg, but St. Petersburg probably wishes it was further away. It ranks as the 8th worst burb for 2018.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a worse place to live. Largo has the 7th most uninsured people, 5th worst incomes, and has the 11th highest unemployment rate (5.03%) in the entire St. Petersburg metro area.

Homes only cost $357,692 for a reason. That’s cheap for St. Petersburg standards.

If you absolutely have to live near St. Petersburg, then South Pasadena might be a place for you to consider as it’s only the 9th worst St. Petersburg suburb.

About 6.84% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst St. Petersburg suburbs to call home is Tarpon Springs.

Located 28.0 miles outside the city, Tarpon Springss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 6th highest unemployment rate (5.54%), and poverty is far above the area average.