New Port Richey EastFL
11,939 people live in this town in Florida.
Is New Port Richey East a good place to live?
New Port Richey East’s lowest grade is for health: residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also trails on incomes (C−): the median household income is $47K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. At about $221K, a typical home costs 3 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Schools are its strong suit (B) — its schools rank ahead of 64% of Florida towns. The overall grade lands at C−, 446th of 634 in Florida. Nationally, it does better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. 27% of residents are 65 or older in the town, above both the Florida town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
98% of working residents leave New Port Richey East for work
Where New Port Richey East’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How New Port Richey East grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far New Port Richey East is from typical.
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Moving to New Port Richey East: who provides what
New Port Richey East is unincorporated, so Pasco County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 New Port Richey East.
New Port Richey East 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.
For health, New Port Richey East earns a C−
Against the 4,530 U.S. towns with household incomes like New Port Richey East’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in New Port Richey East who binge drink: 14%. Among adults locally, 43% have high blood pressure and 18% smoke cigarettes.
| New Port Richey East | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | New Port Richey East | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 7.2% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 12.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, New Port Richey East earns a B
The largest public high school is Wendell Krinn Technical High School, with 765 students. The public schools here belong to the Pasco school district. Below: Two of its 7 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chasco Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 622 | C− |
| Wendell Krinn Technical High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 765 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of New Port Richey East’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Tampa (7%), New Port Richey (4%) and Clearwater (4%). Most people who work leave New Port Richey East to do it: just 2% work in town. Jobs based in New Port Richey East grew to 2,298 in 2023, 418 more than in 2013. The median commute is under 21 miles.
| New Port Richey East | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $47,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In New Port Richey East, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 49.7°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.2°.
New Port Richey East’s July high comes in at 90°F. Snow is a rarity.
| New Port Richey East | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in New Port Richey East, mostly hurricanes
The FEMA risk score for New Port Richey East comes to 57 of 100. Since 1996, 62 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 46% come from hurricanes and 37% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in New Port Richey East once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in New Port Richey East sell for about $263K
At 3 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 88% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,278, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
58% of New Port Richey East households live in a home they own. The town’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,156 a month. Also worth knowing: in New Port Richey East, the typical sale closed at 99.9% of the list price.
| New Port Richey East | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,156 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tropicana Field and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Port Richey East. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
23 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa3.8M visitors a year
23 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
35 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumPhoto 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
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Everything we know about New Port Richey East
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of New Port Richey East
About 3 of every 100 New Port Richey East residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About New Port Richey East
CDP in Florida, United States
New Port Richey East is an unincorporated census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States adjacent to New Port Richey. As of the 2020 census, New Port Richey East had a population of 11,015.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
New Port Richey East’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with New Port Richey East.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Port Richey East | #446 | C− | B− | — | B | C− |
| New Port Richey | #186 | B− | B− | — | B | C− |
| Port Richey | #495 | C− | C | — | B | C+ |
| Jasmine Estates | #426 | C− | C+ | — | B | D |
New Port Richey East, New Port Richey, Port Richey and Jasmine Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Port Richey East with a neighbor →
Questions about New Port Richey East
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Port Richey East, FL a good place to live?
New Port Richey East grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #446 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is New Port Richey East, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $221,000, 41% 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−.