St. Petersburg property tax: where it goes

A St. Petersburg house pays 1.983% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $371,100 of market value with the homestead exemption, that's about $6,507 a year.

Tax is levied on taxable property value: your assessed value minus any exemptions, at $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value per mill.

Pay or manage it

Pay property tax (Pinellas County Tax Collector) ↗

Who taxes this house

Taxing agency	Rate	On $371,100
City of St. Petersburg	0.6452%	$2,063
Pinellas County general fund	0.4499%	$1,438
Pinellas County Health Department	0.0071%	$23
Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services	0.0805%	$257
Pinellas Planning Council (Forward Pinellas)	0.0017%	$5
Pinellas County Schools (required local effort, state law) (schools)	0.3025%	$1,047
Pinellas County Schools (discretionary local effort) (schools)	0.0748%	$259
Pinellas County Schools (local referendum, voted) (schools)	0.1%	$346
Pinellas County Schools (capital outlay) (schools)	0.15%	$519
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)	0.0717%	$229
Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County	0.0817%	$261
Southwest Florida Water Management District	0.0183%	$59
Total	1.983%	$6,507

2026 tax year (fiscal year 2026-27), City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County. Exemptions applied: Homestead exemption (first $25,000) ($25,000); Additional homestead exemption (up to $26,411 in 2026, on assessed value above $50,000) ($26,411).

Ways to pay less

Seniors 65+ with limited income: extra $15,000 off St. Petersburg city taxes. St. Petersburg offers the low-income senior exemption: $15,000 off the value taxed by the city, which the Property Appraiser puts at about $97. At least one owner must be 65 on January 1, have homestead, and have household income at or under the 2026 limit of $38,686. How: Apply to the Pinellas County Property Appraiser by March 1; income information is due by June 1.
Seniors 65+ in the same home 25 years: city taxes can be exempt. St. Petersburg has adopted the long-term resident senior exemption: it exempts the assessed value from city taxes if the just value is under $250,000, the owner is 65+, has lived there at least 25 years, and meets the low-income senior income limit. School taxes and independent districts are not exempted. How: Apply to the Pinellas County Property Appraiser.
Veterans with a service-connected disability: exemptions. Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability of 10% or more can get $5,000 off; veterans with a service-connected total and permanent disability are exempt on their homestead. How: Apply to the Pinellas County Property Appraiser with a letter from the U.S. Government or Veterans Affairs.

Dates

When	What
Nov 1 (in 8 days)	Property tax notices are mailed by November 1; paying from November through February earns an early-payment discount.
Mar 1	Deadline to apply for the homestead exemption for that year with the Pinellas County Property Appraiser.
Apr 1	Taxes not paid by March 31 become delinquent on April 1, when interest and penalties are added.
Jun 1	Deadline to give the Property Appraiser income information for the low-income senior exemption (the application itself is due March 1).

Sources

Checked October 21, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.