Carbondale vs New Castle

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

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

Carbondale has the higher population (6,553 vs 4,878 in New Castle). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($94,300 vs $88,421 in New Castle). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $488,600 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	New Castle
Population	6,553	4,878
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,300	$88,421
Median home value	$796,100	$488,600
Median gross rent	$2,255	$1,627
Housing units	3,037	1,901
Homeownership rate	64.1%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	New Castle
Population	6,785 → 6,553 (-3.4%)	4,875 → 4,878 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$81,012 → $94,300 (+16.4%)	$91,659 → $88,421 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$496,300 → $796,100 (+60.4%)	$367,300 → $488,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $2,255 (+29.1%)	$1,480 → $1,627 (+9.9%)

Carbondale

Population

6,7856,553

Median household income

$81,012$94,300

Median home value

$496,300$796,100

Median gross rent

$1,747$2,255

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)

	Carbondale	New Castle
Under 5	2.9%	10.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	New Castle
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	9.1%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	New Castle
Drove alone	56.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.1%
Public transit	5.5%	2.8%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	8.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	18.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	New Castle
1-unit, detached	45.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	New Castle
Poverty rate	11.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1993	2002