Best PlacesNew Port Richey, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Port Richey, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Port Richey ranks 268th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Its strengths are quiet and low crime. The cost shows up in summer heat, transit, and biking.
The best neighborhoods in New Port Richey
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in New Port Richey
The parts of New Port Richey, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Longleaf
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more households have young kids.
Golden Acres
It is quieter and prices have run up less.
Oak Ridge
Fewer homes sit empty and heat risk is lower.
Downtown New Port Richey
Crime runs higher and schools score lower.
Northwestern New Port Richey
Streets are more walkable, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Central New Port Richey
Homes cost less, though fewer residents vote.
Ridgewood-Tampa
Commutes are shorter, though tree cover is thinner.
New Port Richey shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 7% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
New Port Richey's strengths and weaknesses
New Port Richey lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Quiet is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Low crime and state infrastructure follow.
The one real hole is summer heat, near the bottom of the country. Transit and biking also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where New Port Richey ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of cities
Where New Port Richey ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 5% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 6% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in New Port Richey
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Port Richey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $78,899; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses New Port Richey's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Port Richey
New Port Richey runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Port Richey.
Who works in New Port Richey, and how
Work in New Port Richey centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Port Richey
New Port Richey has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Port Richey and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Port Richey, month by month
New Port Richey sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of New Port Richey
Tampa International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Port Richey
Schools across New Port Richey average a B, better than 79% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Odessa Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Trinity Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Longleaf Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Springs Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- River Ridge Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Crews Lake Middle School.B · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Sunlake High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Wendell Krinn Technical High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- James W. Mitchell High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Port Richey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Port Richey measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare New Port Richey against the other 444 cities.
Who New Port Richey suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 67% of cities, health care access beats 78%, and it is quieter than 100%.
Common questions about living in New Port Richey
Is New Port Richey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Port Richey ranks 268th of 445 cities. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Port Richey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,862. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,899 median income, cost of living beats 60% of cities.
Is New Port Richey safe?
Yes, New Port Richey is safer than 95% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $148 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in New Port Richey?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 137 pleasant days a year, more than 67% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in New Port Richey?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Longleaf, Golden Acres, and Oak Ridge. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is New Port Richey good for families?
Schools beat 79% of cities, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $900 a month.
Is New Port Richey good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 60% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 92% of cities. About 20% of workers already work from home.
Compare New Port Richey with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Port Richey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Port Richey represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
New Port Richey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Port Richey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Port Richey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Port Richey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Port Richey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Port Richey detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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