New Castle vs Rifle

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

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

Rifle has the higher population (10,466 vs 4,878 in New Castle). New Castle has the higher median household income ($88,421 vs $80,629 in Rifle). New Castle has the higher median home value ($488,600 vs $377,900 in Rifle).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Rifle
Population	4,878	10,466
Median age	37.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,421	$80,629
Median home value	$488,600	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,231
Housing units	1,901	3,892
Homeownership rate	70.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Rifle
Population	4,875 → 4,878 (+0.1%)	9,650 → 10,466 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$91,659 → $88,421 (-3.5%)	$66,319 → $80,629 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$367,300 → $488,600 (+33.0%)	$246,300 → $377,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,627 (+9.9%)	$984 → $1,231 (+25.1%)

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

Rifle

Population

9,65010,466

Median household income

$66,319$80,629

Median home value

$246,300$377,900

Median gross rent

$984$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle	Rifle
Under 5	10.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Rifle
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.1%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Rifle
No high school diploma	5.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Rifle
Drove alone	74.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.2%
Public transit	2.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Rifle
1-unit, detached	74.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Rifle
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	2002	1987