Elfers vs New Port Richey

A side-by-side comparison of Elfers and New Port Richey: population, income, housing, and more.

Elfers and New Port Richey are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Port Richey has the higher population (17,057 vs 13,877 in Elfers). Elfers has the higher median household income ($52,979 vs $46,160 in New Port Richey). Elfers has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $164,600 in New Port Richey).

Population, income & housing

	Elfers	New Port Richey
Population	13,877	17,057
Median age	39.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,979	$46,160
Median home value	$173,400	$164,600
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,154
Housing units	6,793	9,423
Homeownership rate	63.1%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elfers	New Port Richey
Population	12,600 → 13,877 (+10.1%)	16,223 → 17,057 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$41,176 → $52,979 (+28.7%)	$35,384 → $46,160 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $173,400 (+113.5%)	$87,500 → $164,600 (+88.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,304 (+21.5%)	$823 → $1,154 (+40.2%)

Elfers

Population

12,60013,877

Median household income

$41,176$52,979

Median home value

$81,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,304

New Port Richey

Population

16,22317,057

Median household income

$35,384$46,160

Median home value

$87,500$164,600

Median gross rent

$823$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elfers	New Port Richey
Under 5	6.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.2%
75 and over	7.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elfers	New Port Richey
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	74.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elfers	New Port Richey
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	44.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elfers	New Port Richey
Drove alone	69.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.3%
Worked from home	12.8%	11.3%
Other means	3.6%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elfers	New Port Richey
1-unit, detached	82.1%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Elfers	New Port Richey
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1975	1980