Knightstown vs New Castle

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

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

New Castle has the higher population (17,356 vs 2,154 in Knightstown). New Castle has the higher median household income ($48,977 vs $44,655 in Knightstown). Knightstown has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $95,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Knightstown	New Castle
Population	2,154	17,356
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	$48,977
Median home value	$121,500	$95,100
Median gross rent	$805	$797
Housing units	1,059	8,560
Homeownership rate	63.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightstown	New Castle
Population	2,223 → 2,154 (-3.1%)	17,287 → 17,356 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$52,037 → $44,655 (-14.2%)	$38,545 → $48,977 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $121,500 (+47.6%)	$73,300 → $95,100 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $805 (+9.2%)	$707 → $797 (+12.7%)

Knightstown

Population

2,2232,154

Median household income

$52,037$44,655

Median home value

$82,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$737$805

New Castle

Population

17,28717,356

Median household income

$38,545$48,977

Median home value

$73,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$707$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightstown	New Castle
Under 5	6.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightstown	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightstown	New Castle
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	49.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightstown	New Castle
Drove alone	87.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightstown	New Castle
1-unit, detached	71.2%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Knightstown	New Castle
Poverty rate	23.7%	18.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1941	1954