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New Castle, IN

17,367 Population
7.3 square miles 2,371.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,155 ±$2,671 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $32,182 ±$1,500
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$51,606 ±$4,517 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $63,150 ±$2,842
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

20.1% ±3.7% (3,423  ±627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 13.6% † 6,248 (±1.6% / ±741)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

20.8 minutes ±2.6 (143,890  ±21,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 25.8 480,495 (±1.3 / ±30,506)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

7,188 ±293 Number of households
  • the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 18,642 ±329
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
2.4 ±0.1 (16,934  ±71) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 2.5 45,793 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

5.4% ±2.3% (208  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 5.1% † 483 (±1.5% / ±140)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)

Housing

8,417 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 20,996 ±54
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$98,000 ±$5,097 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $154,400 ±$7,343
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

16.7% ±3.4% (2,866  ±584.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 11.6% † 5,636 (±1.5% / ±710)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

88.5% ±5.2% (10,799  ±686.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 90.5% 31,880 (±3% / ±1,052.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
13.3% ±2.1% (1,622  ±259.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 17.5% 6,147 (±1.4% / ±506.8)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

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

1.3% ±0.5% (223  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 1.3% 638
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255

7.7% ±1.6% (1,058  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,952 (±0.8% / ±300)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
1,058 Total veterans ±226 990 Male ±213 68 Female ±66

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