New Port Richey Income: How Does Your Neighborhood Compare?

Curious how much your neighbors make? Wonder which parts of town are the wealthiest and poorest?

The website Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks might be for you. Using Census data from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, it's tracked the median household income for neighborhoods and cities all over the United States. The data is represented in a color-coded map, with green shades representing higher incomes and red tones showing lower incomes. Different sections of town are divided up according to Census tracts.

A look at the map for New Port Richey area shows the lowest income level in or just outside the city limits can be found west of the Southgate Shopping Center on U. S. 19, in the area between the shopping center and the Gulf of Mexico. The median household income in this part of town is only about $24,878 a year — well below the statewide middle class income range of $42,300 to $51,300.

The Census tract with land in the city limits that has the highest median income level is an area east of Grand Blvd, between Grand and Crestwood Blvds. The median household incom here is $40,455 a year.

By contrast, in the Census tract that includes an area east of Little Road, the median household income is $93,707 a year. That area is  between Little, the intersection of Little and State Road 54 and a space just south of Mitchell Blvd.

Check out the Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks site to see more details about New Port Richey and other neighboring towns, or do your own search for any city or state you choose.

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