Photo: Ryan Watern1 · CC BY-SA 4.0New Port Richey’s library runs 55 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
New Port Richey Public Library serves New Port Richey’s 17,270 residents. Last year it lent 118K print books and media and logged 97K visits.
What New Port Richey’s library is like
More library cards than residents
17,580 cards for 17,270 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
New Port Richey Public Library ran 953 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 55 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 35,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
53% of the 953 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 193 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
What’s behind New Port Richey’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, New Port Richey is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #111 of 273 in Florida. Library visits hold the grade up; New Port Richey’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($36K–$60K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
35 community nonprofits are registered in New Port Richey
2.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.9%
5.9% of New Port Richey’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.6% in the typical Florida town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where New Port Richey’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
New Port Richey Public Library serves 17,270 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 53 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
118K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for New Port Richey’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 34K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.4 times last year, on average.
Find it
New Port Richey Public Library, 5939 Main Street, New Port Richey.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average New Port Richey cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 17,580 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Port Richey | New Port Richey Public Library | 6.8 | 43 | C |
| Elfers | Centennial Park Branch Library fine-free | — | — | — unincorporated |
| New Port Richey East | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Port Richey | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Beacon Square | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in New Port Richey
Does New Port Richey have a public library?
Yes. New Port Richey Public Library, 5939 Main Street, serves New Port Richey’s 17,270 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is New Port Richey Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is New Port Richey’s library?
It logged 5.6 visits and lent 6.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is New Port Richey’s civic life grade?
C New Port Richey is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #111 of 273 in Florida. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in New Port Richey.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.