Glenwood Springs vs New Castle

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

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

Glenwood Springs has the higher population (10,171 vs 4,878 in New Castle). New Castle has the higher median household income ($88,421 vs $87,000 in Glenwood Springs). Glenwood Springs has the higher median home value ($592,000 vs $488,600 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
Population	10,171	4,878
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$88,421
Median home value	$592,000	$488,600
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,627
Housing units	4,215	1,901
Homeownership rate	52.5%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
Population	9,915 → 10,171 (+2.6%)	4,875 → 4,878 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$66,693 → $87,000 (+30.4%)	$91,659 → $88,421 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$409,500 → $592,000 (+44.6%)	$367,300 → $488,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,717 (+42.4%)	$1,480 → $1,627 (+9.9%)

Glenwood Springs

Population

9,91510,171

Median household income

$66,693$87,000

Median home value

$409,500$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,717

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)

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
Under 5	4.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.5%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
Drove alone	67.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.1%
Public transit	2.2%	2.8%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
1-unit, detached	45.6%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	13.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood Springs	New Castle
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1983	2002