Charles B. Anderson House · National Register of Historic Places
Elfers’s story
117 years in pictures
The archive holds 4 maps from 1943 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1909Elfers is settled
ElfersFL
A town of 15,006, settled in 1909.
3 bordering townsMap →
Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
15,006
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$202K
Census ACS
Household income
$56K
median
Median age
39.6
years
Jobs based here
2,918
A commuter town
TownGrade
C+
#291 of 634 in FL
Is Elfers a good place to live?
Elfers is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 291st of 634 graded towns in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 64% of Florida towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 79% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $202K, 2.7 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Elfers’ January low is 51°F, close to Florida’s towns (51°F) and above U.S. towns (22°F). Only 69 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors. Elfers has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Charles B. Anderson House and Samuel Baker House.
WeakestC−Health
What makes Elfers stand out
Where Elfers beats most towns.
A commuter town
97% of working residents leave Elfers for work
Where Elfers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
2,918jobs based in Elfers
3%of working residents work in town
18 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Elfers grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Elfers is from typical.
HealthMorton Plant North Bay Hospital 2.8 miles awayC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 15.1 of 20; 5.7% of households have no carB+Open →SchoolsBOpen →Hazard riskhurricanes tops the listC+Open →Jobs & income$56K median household incomeC+Open →Cost of livingB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
Moving to Elfers: who provides what
Elfers is unincorporated, so Pasco County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerDuke Energy18.4¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterPcud-Pasco County Regional PWS2 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesPasco CountyPasco County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.govWho runs elections herePasco Supervisor of ElectionsPasco County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2024
ZIP codes34652, 34690, 3465334652 59% · 34690 27% · 34653 14%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Elfers.
Elfers is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
HealthC−
Elfers earns a C− for health
Against the 7,740 U.S. towns with household incomes like Elfers’s, it is less healthy than 62%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
16% of Elfers adults binge drink. In Elfers, 18% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 31% get no exercise outside work.
21%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Elfers | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 25% | 25% |
31 measures vs. Florida
0 better16 too close to call15 worse
| What stands out | Elfers | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 12.7% |
| More smokers | 17.9% | 12.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.2% |
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
2.8 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
18th
percentile among FL towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
SchoolsB
Elfers earns a B for schools
The public schools here belong to the Pasco school district. Two of its 5 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. 3 public schools serve Elfers, with 1,140 students in all.
64%of FL districts it outscoresBSchool Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anclote Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 543 | C |
| Elfers Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 220 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C+
Most of Elfers’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.5 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away. Since 2013, Elfers has added 289 jobs, to 2,918 in 2023. Only 3% of working residents stay in Elfers for work; the rest commute out. Elfers’ average trip to work is 31 minutes.
3%work in town
| Elfers | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
In Elfers3%
Tampa8%
Clearwater5%
Palm Harbor4%
New Port Richey4%
18 mi
median commute distance
2,918
jobs based in Elfers
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Elfers’ year
January nights average 50.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.2°.
Snow almost never falls. For Elfers, the midsummer high is 90°F.
90°summer high
Typical low → high °F
Winter53–70°
Spring64–81°
Summer76–90°
Fall67–83°
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average
90°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+
Elfers has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
FEMA puts 43% of Elfers’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 34% to inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Elfers sits above 57% of U.S. communities. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
57risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
HurricanesInland floodingTornadoes
57
paid flood claims since 1982
5
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
HousingCost of living grade B−
Homes in Elfers sell for about $259K
At 2.7 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 92% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $923, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For Elfers, the median rent is $1,437 a month. Among households in the town, 65% live in a home they own. On the market locally: a median 19 days to sell.
$259Kmedian sale price
| Elfers | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,437 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Market temperature
19
days on market
99%
sale-to-list price
26
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Nearby attractions
All 64 attractions →Tropicana Field and 43 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elfers. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
25 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
22 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
31 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Elfers
16pages on Elfers
The big questions
Out and about
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Elfers
Trinity College of FloridaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Trinity3 mi$16,300 tuitionPasco-Hernando State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · New Port Richey6.2 mi$3,155 in-state tuition
About 4 of every 100 Elfers residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Landmarks
2 places in Elfers on the National Register of Historic Places.
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About Elfers
CDP in Florida, United States
Elfers is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Elfers had a population of 14,573.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- ZIP code
- 34680
- Area code
- 727
Elfers’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Elfers.
New Port RicheyHolidayBeacon SquareElfers
How the neighbors grade
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfers | #291 | C+ | B− | — | B | C− |
| New Port Richey | #186 | B− | B− | — | B | C− |
| Holiday | #384 | C | B− | — | B | D |
| Beacon Square | #340 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
Elfers, New Port Richey, Holiday and Beacon Square report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elfers with a neighbor →
Questions about Elfers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elfers, FL a good place to live?
Elfers grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #291 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Elfers, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $202,000, 46% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.