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New Castle city, Lawrence County, PA

21,727 Population
8.3 square miles 2,615.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,135 ±$1,166 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lawrence County: $34,283 ±$861
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$41,478 ±$4,199 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lawrence County: $60,779 ±$1,899
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

26.1% ±3% (5,518  ±626) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 11.6% 9,628 (±1% / ±821)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.5 minutes ±1.8 (148,680  ±16,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 23.7 793,270 (±0.7 / ±31,882)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

9,344 ±349 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 36,005 ±425
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (21,000  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.3 83,246 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.7% ±2.9% (332  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lawrence County: 4.7% † 812 (±1.2% / ±198)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

10,745 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 39,597 ±61
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$72,000 ±$5,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Lawrence County: $136,700 ±$4,591
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

18.2% ±3.7% (3,887  ±800.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 10.5% † 8,875 (±1.2% / ±1,018.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.5% ±4% (13,379  ±694.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lawrence County: 92.4% 56,840 (±2.1% / ±1,282.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
15.2% ±2.1% (2,272  ±317) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 22.8% 14,016 (±1.1% / ±696.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±0.8% (411  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 1.6% 1,375
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.5% ±1.5% (1,237  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 8.3% 5,632 (±0.7% / ±474)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,237 Total veterans ±241 1,105 Male ±232 132 Female ±60

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