New Castle vs Spiceland

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

New Castle and Spiceland 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 896 in Spiceland). Spiceland has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $48,977 in New Castle). Spiceland has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $95,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Spiceland
Population	17,356	896
Median age	41.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,977	$63,676
Median home value	$95,100	$107,700
Median gross rent	$797	$778
Housing units	8,560	364
Homeownership rate	62.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Spiceland
Population	17,287 → 17,356 (+0.4%)	825 → 896 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$38,545 → $48,977 (+27.1%)	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $95,100 (+29.7%)	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $797 (+12.7%)	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)

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

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle	Spiceland
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.6%
75 and over	7.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Spiceland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	99.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Spiceland
No high school diploma	11.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Spiceland
Drove alone	76.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Spiceland
1-unit, detached	73.9%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Spiceland
Poverty rate	18.5%	19.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1954	1951