Live in Pinellas Point

Pinellas Point is much bigger than the point. The guide follows the Greater Pinellas Point Civic Association's area on the City's Neighborhood Associations map, a line the association filed rather than one the City drew: the city south of 54th Avenue South and east of Interstate 275. That is 2,015 acres, and the 2020 census counted 16,418 residents in 8,223 homes, the second most of any St. Petersburg guide here. Lakewood High, Bay Point Middle, the South Branch Library, two City recreation centers and a Publix are all inside.

The oldest thing here is the Tocobaga temple mound in Indian Mound Park, begun about a thousand years ago and given to the City in 1958. Two archaeological sites, the Princess Mound and Maximo Beach sites, joined the National Register in October 2019, with their locations restricted. No part of the area is in a City historic district or a redevelopment area, so exterior work on a house faces no design review. Along the western edge runs the approach to the Sunshine Skyway, opened in 1954 and rebuilt in 1987 after a freighter brought down a span in 1980, killing 35 people.

The flood map splits the area. FEMA's effective map of 2021 puts 33.6% of it in the 1% annual chance flood zone, 6.4% in the coastal VE zone, with 3,329 residents inside; 45.5% is at minimal hazard, the reference point among it. The County's evacuation map follows the shore: the point's parcel is in Zone D, but 2,952 residents are in Zone A, the first called. After Helene on 26 September 2024 the City assessed 229 parcels here and recorded water inside 64. After Milton on 9 October, which brought nearly 19 inches of rain to the city, it assessed 342, and recorded 12 as destroyed and 26 with major damage, more destroyed than in any other neighborhood these guides cover. The City's layers count parcels, not homes, and do not say what did the damage. In the flood zone the City's 49% rule applies: once repairs reach 49% of the structure's value, counted cumulatively, the whole building must meet current flood rules.

Outside the flood zone is not outside the flood question. A homeowners policy does not cover rising water, and from 1 January 2027 a Citizens homeowners policy with wind cover must carry flood insurance whatever the zone. Zillow's typical value for ZIP code 33712, which holds 10,282 of the residents and most of Lakewood Estates, was $321,132 in August 2026, flat on the year; the northern 5,602 are in 33705, at $331,140. Every address pays the same 19.9197 mills for 2025. A homestead at the 33712 figure owes about $5,558 a year with $25,000 off every levy and a second slice, $25,000 in 2024 and indexed since, off all but the school levy; a landlord, about $6,397. Save Our Homes caps a homestead's assessment at 3% a year and resets on a sale, so the seller's bill understates yours. The City's stormwater fee, $12.67 to $59.08 a month, comes on the utility bill. The arithmetic is on the St. Petersburg page.

Getting around is a bus every half hour, or a car. PSTA's Route 4 runs along 62nd Avenue South every 30 minutes at midday, and every 15 where its branches overlap, the nearest such stop about 1.4 km from the reference point. Route 20 runs hourly to downtown, and the Spark line on 34th Street South, every 15 minutes, is about 2.6 km away. PSTA's schedule changes on 4 October 2026. The Publix at Seville Square, inside the line on 54th Avenue South, is the nearest supermarket.