New Port Richey vs Zephyrhills

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

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

Zephyrhills has the higher population (18,471 vs 17,057 in New Port Richey). Zephyrhills has the higher median household income ($49,295 vs $46,160 in New Port Richey). Zephyrhills has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $164,600 in New Port Richey).

Population, income & housing

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
Population	17,057	18,471
Median age	53.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,160	$49,295
Median home value	$164,600	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,034
Housing units	9,423	9,285
Homeownership rate	57.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
Population	16,223 → 17,057 (+5.1%)	15,573 → 18,471 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$35,384 → $46,160 (+30.5%)	$36,260 → $49,295 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $164,600 (+88.1%)	$98,800 → $191,700 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $1,154 (+40.2%)	$832 → $1,034 (+24.3%)

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

Zephyrhills

Population

15,57318,471

Median household income

$36,260$49,295

Median home value

$98,800$191,700

Median gross rent

$832$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	16.5%
75 and over	12.7%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	71.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
Drove alone	71.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.8%
Other means	5.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
1-unit, detached	45.8%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	New Port Richey	Zephyrhills
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.03	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1980	1987