Meadow Vista vs Newcastle

A side-by-side comparison of Meadow Vista and Newcastle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadow Vista has the higher population (3,343 vs 1,594 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($110,446 vs $95,998 in Meadow Vista). Meadow Vista has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $596,400 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
Population	3,343	1,594
Median age	53.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,998	$110,446
Median home value	$609,700	$596,400
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,633
Housing units	1,416	727
Homeownership rate	84.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
Population	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)	1,208 → 1,594 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)	$75,250 → $110,446 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)	$327,000 → $596,400 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)	$1,109 → $1,633 (+47.2%)

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

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)

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
Under 5	6.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	15.6%
75 and over	11.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
No high school diploma	1.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	15.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
Drove alone	78.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	92.5%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Vista	Newcastle
Poverty rate	3.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1978	1977