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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Clearwater

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 213 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026
Education & commute · Clearwater Pinellas County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 32.6% +0.1 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 213 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +4.7 pp
vs Pinellas County −4.2 pp Pinellas County: 36.8% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Clearwater · Pinellas County · Florida · United States
+4.7 pp since 2014
Clearwater Pinellas County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Clearwater
32.6%
Pinellas County
36.8%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Clearwater · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 32.6% · 2024
First value 27.1% · 2013
Highest 32.6% · 2024
Lowest 27.1% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearClearwaterChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 32.6% +0.1 pp 36.8% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 32.5% +0.6 pp 35.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 31.9% −0.2 pp 35.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 32.1% +1.9 pp 34.1% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 30.2% −0.2 pp 32.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 30.4% +1.5 pp 31.7% 29.9% —
2018estimate 28.9% +1.4 pp 31.0% 29.2% —
2017estimate 27.4% −0.4 pp 30.1% 28.5% —
2016estimate 27.8% +0.2 pp 29.5% 27.9% —
2015estimate 27.6% −0.2 pp 28.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 27.9% +0.8 pp 28.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 27.1% 27.5% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
280 Alva 18.3%
95 Anna Maria 39.4%
240 Apalachicola 22.4%
117 Apollo Beach 36.9%
48 Atlantic Beach 47.6%
36 Atlantis 52.6%
41 Aventura 50.9%
221 Bagdad 24.6%
34 Bal Harbour 53.6%
346 Baldwin 11.8%
53 Bay Harbor Islands 47.2%
263 Bay Pines 19.6%
334 Bayonet Point 13.0%
304 Bayshore Gardens 15.7%
345 Bell 11.9%
350 Belle Glade 10.9%
20 Belleair 58.6%
28 Belleair Beach 55.3%
109 Belleair Bluffs 38.0%
248 Bellview 21.2%
367 Beverly Hills 8.3%
197 Big Pine Key 27.2%
132 Biscayne Park 34.7%
78 Bloomingdale 42.6%
39 Boca Raton 52.4%
…
120 Citrus Hills 36.4%
136 Citrus Park 34.6%
326 Citrus Springs 13.8%
193 Clearwater 27.8%
292 Cocoa 17.1%
82 Cocoa Beach 42.3%
146 Coconut Creek 33.3%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.