New Castle vs Westwood

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

New Castle and Westwood 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 555 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($88,973 vs $48,977 in New Castle). Since 2019, Westwood's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs +0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Westwood
Population	17,356	555
Median age	41.1 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,977	$88,973
Median home value	$95,100	—
Median gross rent	$797	—
Housing units	8,560	154
Homeownership rate	62.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Westwood
Population	17,287 → 17,356 (+0.4%)	515 → 555 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$38,545 → $48,977 (+27.1%)	$86,875 → $88,973 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $95,100 (+29.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$707 → $797 (+12.7%)	—

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

Westwood

Population

515555

Median household income

$86,875$88,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle	Westwood
Under 5	4.5%	27.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	23.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	0.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	1.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.5%
75 and over	7.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Westwood
No high school diploma	11.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Westwood
Drove alone	76.6%	92.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Westwood
1-unit, detached	73.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Westwood
Poverty rate	18.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1954	1992