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River Ridge, Florida.

A community in Pasco County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Pasco County’s.

Living in River Ridge, Pasco County, Florida

River Ridge, in Pasco County, had 5,107 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $102,798 a year and half less, against $70,492 across Pasco County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Pasco County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 5,107 in the 2020 census; median age 47.0
Household income $102,798 the median, give or take $20,355 · Pasco County: $70,492
Unemployment 5.0% Pasco County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 80% lived in by their owners; 20% rented
  • 1,772households
  • 28%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 32 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)18%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pasco County had 150,334 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 69° and 51°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 69° 51° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 69° and 51°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 69° 51° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 69° and lows near 51°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 76°. About 54 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Pasco County

  1. Pasco County School District13,033
  2. Pasco County Government4,507
  3. HCA Healthcare (5 locations)2,959
  4. State of Florida1,860
  5. BayCare Morton Plant North Bay Hospital1,835
  6. Florida Medical Clinic (22 locations)1,300
  7. Pasco County Sheriff1,280
  8. Advent Health Wesley Chapel (1)1,260

From Pasco County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers, as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. HurricanesRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in River Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Pasco County.