City comparison
Kendale Lakes, FL is about 200 miles (325 km) from St. Petersburg, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 250 miles, or about 4 h behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Kendale Lakes, FL to St. Petersburg, FL takes about 24 min, covering roughly 200 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Kendale Lakes, FL is on Eastern Time and St. Petersburg, FL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Kendale Lakes, it's 11 a.m. in St. Petersburg, which puts Kendale Lakes 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
St. Petersburg has a population of 259,343, vs 52,661 in Kendale Lakes — about 4.9× larger by population. By land area, St. Petersburg covers about 62 sq mi vs 8.1 sq mi for Kendale Lakes.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Kendale Lakes | St. Petersburg | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,758/mo | $1,410/mo | 24.7% higher in Kendale Lakes |
| Median home value | $352,000 | $289,000 | 21.8% higher in Kendale Lakes |
| Median household income | $65,517 | $70,333 | 7.4% higher in St. Petersburg |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 95.8 | 7.7% higher in Kendale Lakes |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 89.1 | 8.9% higher in Kendale Lakes |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 97.8 | 10.7% higher in Kendale Lakes |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 97.3 | 10.8% higher in Kendale Lakes |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Kendale Lakes, you'd need $85,851 in St. Petersburg to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
St. Petersburg, FL is about 14.1% cheaper overall than Kendale Lakes, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 24% higher in Kendale Lakes than in St. Petersburg. If you earn $80,000 in Kendale Lakes, you'd need about $68,681 in St. Petersburg to keep the same standard of living.