City safety & data profile

New Port RicheyFL

New Port Richey, FL is a 16K-resident city in Pasco County with a median household income of $47,606.

Pasco County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for New Port Richey, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. New Port Richey has a population larger than 31% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $183,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 32%
By size
$47,606
Median income (place)
$183,100
Median home (place)
10.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on New Port Richey

New Port Richey posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the New Port Richey area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near New Port Richey

Where New Port Richey income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,606 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

New Port Richey $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading New Port Richey, FL beyond the headline numbers

New Port Richey sits inside Pasco County, Florida, at roughly 28.24°N, -82.72°W. Population 15,842, $47,606 median household income. Median home value $183,100, median rent $1,193. Poverty rate 10.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around New Port Richey, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 10.5%, poverty in New Port Richey, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in New Port Richey costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

14.2% of New Port Richey workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 10.1% in New Port Richey, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of New Port Richey workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 53.6 years, New Port Richey's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for New Port Richey from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,842
New Port Richey · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,606
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$183,100
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
53.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pasco County): New Port Richey's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
611K+31%
Median Income
$70,492+61%
Median Home Value
$300,900+151%
Poverty Rate
11.1%-20%
Unemployment
4.9%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for New Port Richey, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,193/mo
Poverty Rate
10.5% -15% vs avg
Unemployment 3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.2%
Work From Home 14.2%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 76.8%
African American 5.5%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
43.7%
Short Sleep Duration
37.7%
Obesity
34.1%
Physical Inactivity
31.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Current Smoking
16.9%
Diabetes
15.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.5%
Binge Drinking
14.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.5%
Annual Checkup 78.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
10.1%
Stroke
5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL
NEW PORT RICHEY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect New Port Richey?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for New Port Richey right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-NEW-PORT-RICHEY · New Port Richey

New Port Richey: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to New Port Richey; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of New Port Richey, FL? ▼
New Port Richey, FL has a population of 15,842 people, located in Pasco County, Florida.
What is the median household income in New Port Richey? ▼
The median household income in New Port Richey, FL is $47,606 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.5%.
What is the median home value in New Port Richey? ▼
The median home value in New Port Richey, FL is $183,100. Median rent is $1,193/month.
What are the top health concerns in New Port Richey? ▼
The top health indicators in New Port Richey include High Blood Pressure (43.7%), Short Sleep Duration (37.7%), Obesity (34.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in New Port Richey? ▼
New Port Richey has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in New Port Richey? ▼
The median age in New Port Richey, FL is 53.6 years. 16.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for New Port Richey, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (10.5% here).

Vista, CA 10.5% Wyoming, MI 10.5% Rogers, AR 10.5% Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($47,606 here).

Monsey, NY $47,629 Ironton, OH $47,648 Laurel, MS $47,661 Alpena, MI $47,545

Compare New Port Richey with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using New Port Richey's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Pasco County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.