Kings Beach vs Newcastle

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Beach and Newcastle: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings Beach and Newcastle are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kings Beach has the higher population (2,493 vs 1,594 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($110,446 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Kings Beach has the higher median home value ($680,200 vs $596,400 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
Population	2,493	1,594
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,964	$110,446
Median home value	$680,200	$596,400
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,633
Housing units	2,236	727
Homeownership rate	58.0%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
Population	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)	1,208 → 1,594 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)	$75,250 → $110,446 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)	$327,000 → $596,400 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)	$1,109 → $1,633 (+47.2%)

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Newcastle

Population

1,2081,594

Median household income

$75,250$110,446

Median home value

$327,000$596,400

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
Under 5	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	18.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	21.4%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.6%
75 and over	3.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
No high school diploma	25.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
Drove alone	71.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	18.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	11.7%
Other means	4.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	58.7%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Kings Beach	Newcastle
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1974	1977