Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety36#9,971/15,637
Economy83#2,719/15,631
Housing3#14,477/14,977
Health71#4,520/15,609
Healthcare52#7,543/15,650
Environment51#7,487/15,453
Education82#2,775/15,649
Infrastructure82#2,805/15,650
Community63#5,812/15,651
Leisure & amenities94#860/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Indian Shores, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pinellas County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high40.4 /1k
99/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPinellas County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Florida 3.9%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
96/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPinellas County value
Comfortable days · high35.8%
95/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPinellas County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.9 mi
93/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPinellas County value
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
93/100Florida 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPinellas County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high67.8%
3/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · high92%
5/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPinellas County value
Rent as share of income · high41.4%
6/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Injury deaths · high132 /100k
8/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePinellas County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.4×
9/100Florida 4.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Hot days · high100 days
10/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPinellas County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateWorsening
6.9% (2015-2019) → 67.0% (2020-2024)
+60 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.4 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−82%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.4% (2015-2019) → 17.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$74,038 (2015-2019) → $109,125 (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
4.9% (2015-2019) → 13.1% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeImproving
39.1 min (2015-2019) → 24.2 min (2020-2024)
−38%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Indian Shores, Florida improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.1530.570 → 0.418
Household income+47%$74,038 → $109,125

Declined1

Poverty+8.2 points4.9% → 13.1%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Indian Shores, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	39.1 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	−14.9 min	Within the margin of error	100%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%2015-2019	53.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	94.0%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	1.00%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	99.3%2015-2019	98.3%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	5.9×2015-2019	6.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5702015-2019	0.4182020-2024	−0.153	Improved	99%
Median household income	$74,0382015-2019	$109,1252020-2024	+47%	Improved	82%
Poverty rate	4.9%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Declined	6%
Rent as share of income	37.5%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent-burdened households	61.7%2015-2019	67.8%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Indian Shores, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Indian Shores, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Indian Shores, Florida itself moved +9.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,243 residents (±209)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (−8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,243 residents (±209)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

White88%1,089
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino5.0%†62
Asian7.2%†89
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,001 residents (±155)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma1.7%†17
High school or GED14%†143
Some college19%†193
Associate degree11%†111
Bachelor's degree38%†377
Graduate degree16%†160

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

619 households (±95)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k9.4%†58
$25k–50k9.9%†61
$50k–75k13%†78
$75k–100k12%†77
$100k–150k30%†184
$150k–200k8.7%†54
$200k or more17%†107

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+13.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

619 households (±95)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Own86%532
Rent14%†87

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

87 households (±57)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

532 homes (±94)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k9.2%†49

Age of homes

2,568 homes (±183)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later5.4%†138
2000–20098.2%†210
1980–199939%993

Size of homes

2,568 homes (±183)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Studio6.7%†172
1 bedroom17%†425
2 bedrooms51%1,313

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

470 workers (±136)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone60%†280
Carpool4.7%†22
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home31%†148
Other4.3%†20

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

322 workers (±129)

Indian Shores, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min25%†81
15–29 min29%†93
30–44 min34%†109

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pinellas County, the county holding most of Indian Shores's residents.

Pinellas County has 32,509 employer establishments, 337 for every 10,000 residents (1.36× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Florida's), with 425,004 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,991. The Census Bureau also counts 111,471 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 32,509; 111,471 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 337; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 425,004
Average annual pay: $59,991; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pinellas County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,218	33.3	1.60×More than typical	33,049	$74,978	6,165
Lessors of real estate	2,221	23	1.87×More than typical	7,144	$55,380	14,129
Restaurants and other eating places	2,024	21	1.14×About typical	39,903	$24,255	489
Specialty trade contractors	1,874	19.4	1.25×More than typical	18,020	$61,451	5,179
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,626	16.8	2.51×More than typical	9,706	$83,216	4,997
Offices of physicians	1,143	11.8	1.83×More than typical	11,667	$106,872	1,143
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,073	11.1	1.65×More than typical	5,783	$36,089	7,086
Real estate agents and brokers	1,056	10.9	2.25×More than typical	1,678	$57,271	4,322
Offices of other health practitioners	966	10	1.65×More than typical	4,144	$45,838	2,577
Full-service restaurants	933	9.7	1.26×More than typical	23,049	$27,410	227
Legal services	917	9.5	1.77×More than typical	4,460	$89,638	937
Limited-service restaurants	826	8.6	1.07×About typical	13,883	$19,891	159

Rank places for an industry Open Pinellas County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 965,743 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Indian Shores, Florida: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

64.4KFY2017
106.3KFY2018
84.9KFY2019
76.2KFY2020
48.2KFY2021
57.5KFY2022
28.3KFY2023
53.5KFY2024
23.1KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Indian Shores, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Indian Shores, Florida's figures are part of those of Pinellas County, FL ($777.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Indian Shores is mostly in Pinellas County.

See federal money in Pinellas County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Indian Shores, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).