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New Castle, PA

21,579 Population
8.3 square miles 2,597.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$24,415 ±$1,244 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $45,933 ±$334
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$42,219 ±$4,138 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $75,762 ±$672
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

28% ±3.5% (5,891  ±732) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.1% 263,456 (±0.3% / ±5,976)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

22.3 minutes ±2.1 (155,820  ±19,025) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 25.8 25,276,880 (±0.2 / ±212,103)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

9,406 ±309 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,061,705 ±2,957
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (20,896  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,374,138 (±0 / ±590)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5.5% ±2.6% (271  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,358 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

10,622 ±307 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,174,149 ±387
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$77,400 ±$6,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $215,000 ±$1,196
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

16.7% ±3.5% (3,549  ±736.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.5% 253,489 (±0.2% / ±5,612.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

89.6% ±4.1% (13,410  ±699.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 95.1% 1,694,615 (±0.5% / ±9,018.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
16.3% ±2.1% (2,434  ±314.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 38.2% 680,520 (±0.3% / ±5,760.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

1.5% ±0.8% (329  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.3% 104,605
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

7.5% ±1.6% (1,242  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.5% 129,132 (±0.1% / ±2,437)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,242 Total veterans ±271 1,109 Male ±237 133 Female ±86

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