Eminence vs New Castle

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

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

Eminence has the higher population (2,710 vs 865 in New Castle). Eminence has the higher median household income ($44,655 vs $33,833 in New Castle). Eminence has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $151,500 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Eminence	New Castle
Population	2,710	865
Median age	39.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	$33,833
Median home value	$171,300	$151,500
Median gross rent	$792	$704
Housing units	1,148	446
Homeownership rate	58.2%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eminence	New Castle
Population	2,553 → 2,710 (+6.1%)	1,021 → 865 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$41,856 → $44,655 (+6.7%)	$34,750 → $33,833 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $171,300 (+71.1%)	$99,100 → $151,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $792 (+2.7%)	$763 → $704 (-7.7%)

Eminence

Population

2,5532,710

Median household income

$41,856$44,655

Median home value

$100,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$771$792

New Castle

Population

1,021865

Median household income

$34,750$33,833

Median home value

$99,100$151,500

Median gross rent

$763$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eminence	New Castle
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	17.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.4%
75 and over	5.5%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eminence	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eminence	New Castle
No high school diploma	17.3%	17.3%
High school graduate	42.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eminence	New Castle
Drove alone	74.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	17.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eminence	New Castle
1-unit, detached	71.9%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Eminence	New Castle
Poverty rate	20.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1968