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New Castle, CO

4,880 Population
2.5 square miles 1,955 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 39.3 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,388 ±$5,608 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: $57,270 ±$3,146
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,084 ±$16,383 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: $95,635 ±$4,646
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±4.6% (301  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 8.1% † 6,357 (±1.3% / ±1,024)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.7 minutes ±2.3 (61,180  ±14,889) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 29 1,098,815 (±0.9 / ±47,014)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,027 ±236 Number of households
  • the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 32,619 ±584
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (4,880  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 2.4 78,232 (±0 / ±72)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±1.9% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 4.8% † 850 (±1.3% / ±236)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,056 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 38,365 ±114
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$454,300 ±$47,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: $595,100 ±$26,553
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±4.9% (608  ±237.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 13.1% † 10,323 (±1.7% / ±1,367.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±9.9% (3,072  ±419.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 91.1% 50,771 (±3% / ±1,715.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.1% ±6.7% (1,039  ±235.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 40.8% 22,757 (±2% / ±1,112.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.4% ±6.9% (655  ±338) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 13.2% 10,524
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±3.7% (198  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rifle, CO Micro Area: 5.4% † 3,309 (±0.7% / ±447)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
198 Total veterans ±134 198 Male ±134 N/A Female ±14

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