Battlement Mesa vs New Castle

A side-by-side comparison of Battlement Mesa and New Castle: population, income, housing, and more.

Battlement Mesa and New Castle are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battlement Mesa has the higher population (5,402 vs 4,878 in New Castle). New Castle has the higher median household income ($88,421 vs $69,432 in Battlement Mesa). New Castle has the higher median home value ($488,600 vs $231,500 in Battlement Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
Population	5,402	4,878
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,432	$88,421
Median home value	$231,500	$488,600
Median gross rent	$972	$1,627
Housing units	2,372	1,901
Homeownership rate	70.9%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
Population	5,116 → 5,402 (+5.6%)	4,875 → 4,878 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$68,188 → $69,432 (+1.8%)	$91,659 → $88,421 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $231,500 (+26.0%)	$367,300 → $488,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $972 (+28.1%)	$1,480 → $1,627 (+9.9%)

Battlement Mesa

Population

5,1165,402

Median household income

$68,188$69,432

Median home value

$183,800$231,500

Median gross rent

$759$972

New Castle

Population

4,8754,878

Median household income

$91,659$88,421

Median home value

$367,300$488,600

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
Under 5	6.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.5%
75 and over	8.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
Drove alone	81.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	2.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	18.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
1-unit, detached	42.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	13.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Battlement Mesa	New Castle
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	41	32
Median year structure built	1993	2002