Newcastle vs Sheridan

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (1,594 vs 1,447 in Sheridan). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($110,446 vs $79,732 in Sheridan). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $425,000 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Sheridan
Population	1,594	1,447
Median age	42.7 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,446	$79,732
Median home value	$596,400	$425,000
Median gross rent	$1,633	—
Housing units	727	405
Homeownership rate	89.6%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Sheridan
Population	1,208 → 1,594 (+32.0%)	1,355 → 1,447 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$75,250 → $110,446 (+46.8%)	$42,404 → $79,732 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$327,000 → $596,400 (+82.4%)	$270,700 → $425,000 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,633 (+47.2%)	$1,122 → $1,437 (+28.1%)

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

Sheridan

Population

1,3551,447

Median household income

$42,404$79,732

Median home value

$270,700$425,000

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Sheridan
Under 5	2.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	25.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	14.6%
25 to 34	18.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	5.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	4.9%
75 and over	12.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	72.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Sheridan
No high school diploma	10.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Sheridan
Drove alone	78.3%	45.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	44.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	61.5%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Sheridan
Poverty rate	12.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.44	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1977	1984