Mount Summit vs New Castle

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

Mount Summit 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 742 in Mount Summit). Mount Summit has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $95,100 in New Castle). Since 2019, Mount Summit's population has grown faster (+47.8% vs +0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Summit	New Castle
Population	742	17,356
Median age	58.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,977
Median home value	$211,000	$95,100
Median gross rent	$906	$797
Housing units	397	8,560
Homeownership rate	89.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Summit	New Castle
Population	502 → 742 (+47.8%)	17,287 → 17,356 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$56,058 → $64,000 (+14.2%)	$38,545 → $48,977 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $211,000 (+147.4%)	$73,300 → $95,100 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $906 (+18.3%)	$707 → $797 (+12.7%)

Mount Summit

Population

502742

Median household income

$56,058$64,000

Median home value

$85,300$211,000

Median gross rent

$766$906

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)

	Mount Summit	New Castle
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	3.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.0%
75 and over	31.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Summit	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	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	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Summit	New Castle
No high school diploma	1.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	57.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Summit	New Castle
Drove alone	77.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Summit	New Castle
1-unit, detached	49.6%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	48.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Summit	New Castle
Poverty rate	8.8%	18.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2001	1954