This is SignalPoint Intelligence's first monthly St. Petersburg Rent Snapshot: a free, citable look at typical rents across ten St. Petersburg-area ZIP codes, built only from public data we could fetch and verify. Figures below are not invented, not averaged from private scrapes, and not a substitute for property-specific comps.
Primary asking-rent measure: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for September 2026 (file dated through 2026-09-30, accessed November 10, 2026 Eastern). Administrative rent standards: HUD FY2026 Small Area Fair Market Rents by ZIP. Occupied-unit context: Census ACS 2020–2024 median gross rent. Days on market are omitted because no free, ZIP-level rental DOM series was available on the access date.
Key findings
- Across the ten ZIPs, September 2026 ZORI typical rents ranged from $1,712 in 33716 (Gateway / Carillon) to $2,730 in 33703 (Snell Isle / Northeast) — a $1,018 spread inside the same metro.
- The Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metro ZORI was $1,991 in September 2026, up +0.2% month over month and +0.4% year over year — essentially flat at the metro level.
- The City of St. Petersburg ZORI was $2,039, up slightly month over month (+0.2%) and up +2.7% year over year — the strongest city-level year-over-year gain among the four cities in this series. Pinellas County was $2,028 (+0.4% MoM, +1.7% YoY).
- Eight of the ten ZIPs rose year over year; six rose month over month. Downtown (33701) and Snell Isle / Northeast (33703) both show the strongest year-over-year gains in this set at +5.1%; South Downtown / Campbell Park (33705) rose +4.3% year over year and +2.5% month over month, the sharpest monthly move in the set.
- HUD FY2026 countywide Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in Pinellas County is $1,977. ZIP-level Small Area FMRs for 2-bedrooms in this set run from $1,850 (33704) to $2,700 (33716) — note that 33716 has the lowest typical asking rent in the set but the highest 2BR SAFMR, a reminder that SAFMR is an administrative benchmark, not a market price.
Typical rent by St. Petersburg ZIP
ZORI is a smoothed measure of typical observed asking rent across rental types in the ZIP, weighted toward the rental stock — not the rent of any one listing, and not a signed lease. Area labels are informal neighborhood shorthand for the ZIP, not official boundaries.
| ZIP / area | ZORI typical rent (Sep 2026) |
MoM | YoY | HUD FY2026 SAFMR 2BR |
ACS median gross rent (2020–24) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33703 Snell Isle / Northeast |
$2,730 | +0.3% | +5.1% | $2,130 | $1,833 |
| 33701 Downtown / Old Northeast |
$2,553 | +0.2% | +5.1% | $2,160 | $1,711 |
| 33705 South Downtown / Campbell Park |
$2,303 | +2.5% | +4.3% | $2,020 | $1,526 |
| 33707 Gulfport / South Pasadena |
$2,267 | -0.3% | +2.4% | $1,890 | $1,605 |
| 33704 Historic Uptown / Crescent Heights |
$2,185 | -0.5% | -0.6% | $1,850 | $1,495 |
| 33713 Childs Park / South St. Pete |
$2,101 | -0.5% | +2.2% | $1,860 | $1,497 |
| 33710 Pasadena / West St. Pete |
$1,924 | +0.1% | +2.8% | $2,070 | $1,577 |
| 33712 Lakewood Estates / South St. Pete |
$1,893 | -0.7% | +1.2% | $1,920 | $1,623 |
| 33702 Shore Acres / Northeast |
$1,769 | +0.2% | -0.3% | $2,000 | $1,465 |
| 33716 Gateway / Carillon |
$1,712 | +0.2% | +0.7% | $2,700 | $1,809 |
MoM compares September 2026 to August 2026 ZORI. YoY compares September 2026 to September 2025 ZORI. ACS median gross rent is a five-year survey of occupied renter homes and includes selected utilities; it is usually lower than current asking-rent indices and is shown for context, not as a current list price.
Metro, city and county context
| Geography | ZORI Sep 2026 | MoM | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metro | $1,991 | +0.2% | +0.4% |
| City of St. Petersburg | $2,039 | +0.2% | +2.7% |
| Pinellas County | $2,028 | +0.4% | +1.7% |
Pinellas County HUD Fair Market Rents for FY2026 (countywide, not ZIP): studio $1,593, 1BR $1,696, 2BR $1,977, 3BR $2,527, 4BR $3,077.
HUD FY2026 Small Area Fair Market Rents
Small Area FMRs are HUD's ZIP-level rent standards used for Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater MSA. They are administrative benchmarks, not asking rents.
| ZIP | 0 BR | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33701 | $1,740 | $1,850 | $2,160 | $2,760 | $3,360 |
| 33702 | $1,610 | $1,720 | $2,000 | $2,560 | $3,110 |
| 33703 | $1,720 | $1,830 | $2,130 | $2,720 | $3,310 |
| 33704 | $1,490 | $1,590 | $1,850 | $2,370 | $2,880 |
| 33705 | $1,630 | $1,730 | $2,020 | $2,580 | $3,140 |
| 33707 | $1,520 | $1,620 | $1,890 | $2,420 | $2,940 |
| 33710 | $1,670 | $1,780 | $2,070 | $2,650 | $3,220 |
| 33712 | $1,530 | $1,640 | $1,920 | $2,460 | $2,990 |
| 33713 | $1,500 | $1,600 | $1,860 | $2,380 | $2,890 |
| 33716 | $2,180 | $2,320 | $2,700 | $3,450 | $4,200 |
What this means for landlords
- Price to your ZIP, not the metro headline. A flat metro ZORI hides a $1,018 gap between the highest and lowest ZIPs in this set. Comps from the wrong side of town will mis-set rent.
- Treat ZORI as a market temperature, not a list price. Your unit's beds, baths, condition, parking, laundry and pet policy still decide where you sit inside the ZIP's range.
- Watch MoM and YoY together. A ZIP that is soft year over year but ticking up month over month (or the reverse) calls for fresher active comps before you renew or list.
- Do not confuse HUD SAFMR with market rent. SAFMR is built for voucher standards. In several St. Petersburg ZIPs, current ZORI sits above or below the 2BR SAFMR for different reasons — stock mix, utilities, and survey timing all differ. The 33716 gap is the extreme case: the lowest asking rents in the set, the highest SAFMR.
- When the ZIP index is not enough, pull active and recently leased comps for your exact bed count and finish level. SignalPoint's landlord pricing guide walks through that process, and the $99 Rental Market Analysis is the done-for-you version with a recommended rent range and pricing strategy.
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How to read these numbers
- ZORI (Zillow Observed Rent Index): smoothed typical observed asking rent for the geography, quality-adjusted and weighted to the rental stock. Dollar-denominated using the middle of the rent distribution. Source file:
Zip_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv(and metro/city/county counterparts). - HUD SAFMR / FMR: fiscal-year administrative rents. FY2026 figures shown here. Not the same as what a landlord should list tomorrow.
- ACS median gross rent: five-year survey estimate for occupied renter households; includes utilities when paid by the renter. Lagged and different population than current listings.
- Neighborhood names next to ZIPs are approximate labels for readability. Always confirm comps against the property's actual street and building type.
What we could not include
- Days on market: omitted. No free, citable ZIP-level rental days-on-market series was fetchable on November 10, 2026. (Zillow's free research CSVs for days-to-pending are sale-side, not rental.)
- Bedroom-level asking rents by ZIP: ZORI in the public ZIP file is an all-homes blend, not a 1BR/2BR/3BR split. HUD SAFMR provides bedroom breaks for voucher standards only.
- Apartment List / Redfin rental medians: not included in the tables because a stable, ZIP-level public CSV matching these ten ZIPs was not retrieved on the access date.
- This snapshot does not price any specific address. Condition, amenities and lease terms still dominate.
Sources
- Zillow Research, Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), public CSV downloads — ZIP, metro, city and county files (
*_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv). Latest month in file: 2026-09-30. Accessed November 10, 2026 (America/New_York) from zillow.com/research/data / files.zillowstatic.com. Zillow revises history with each release; this snapshot reflects the file as downloaded on the access date. - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Small Area Fair Market Rents for the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL MSA (ZIP table) and FY2026 Fair Market Rents for Pinellas County (countywide), from HUD's FY2026 FMR files (
fy2026_safmrs.xlsx,fy26_fmrs.xlsx) via huduser.gov. Accessed November 10, 2026. - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Median Gross Rent (table B25064), for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas matching the ten ZIPs above, via the Census Reporter API. Accessed November 10, 2026. ACS figures are survey estimates with margins of error; they are not current asking rents.