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New Castle, IN

17,356 Population
7.3 square miles 2,369.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 42.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,016 ±$2,187 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $31,084 ±$1,318
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$48,977 ±$4,390 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $60,144 ±$2,924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

18.5% ±2.9% (3,153  ±499) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 13% † 5,957 (±1.5% / ±673)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

19.7 minutes ±2.4 (139,170  ±18,845) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 25.9 491,820 (±1.1 / ±27,439)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

7,195 ±290 Number of households
  • the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 18,460 ±402
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (16,895  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 2.5 45,670 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

4% ±2% (146  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 4.7% † 448 (±1.5% / ±139)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

8,560 ±314 Number of housing units
  • the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 20,968 ±80
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$95,100 ±$4,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: $140,200 ±$6,035
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

16.3% ±2.9% (2,788  ±495.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 11.3% † 5,449 (±1.4% / ±653.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

88.2% ±5.2% (10,762  ±700.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 90.6% 31,706 (±2.7% / ±947.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
13.9% ±2.2% (1,696  ±268.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 16.7% 5,841 (±1.2% / ±431)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

1.7% ±0.6% (288  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 1.3% 610
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

8.2% ±1.5% (1,135  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New Castle, IN Micro Area: 8.3% 3,239 (±0.8% / ±293)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,135 Total veterans ±211 1,051 Male ±190 84 Female ±75

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