New Castle vs Pleasureville

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

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

Pleasureville has the higher population (1,286 vs 865 in New Castle). Pleasureville has the higher median household income ($49,612 vs $33,833 in New Castle). New Castle has the higher median home value ($151,500 vs $142,400 in Pleasureville).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Pleasureville
Population	865	1,286
Median age	49.4 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,833	$49,612
Median home value	$151,500	$142,400
Median gross rent	$704	$1,543
Housing units	446	517
Homeownership rate	55.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Pleasureville
Population	1,021 → 865 (-15.3%)	1,117 → 1,286 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$34,750 → $33,833 (-2.6%)	$43,750 → $49,612 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $151,500 (+52.9%)	$104,400 → $142,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $704 (-7.7%)	$815 → $1,543 (+89.3%)

New Castle

Population

1,021865

Median household income

$34,750$33,833

Median home value

$99,100$151,500

Median gross rent

$763$704

Pleasureville

Population

1,1171,286

Median household income

$43,750$49,612

Median home value

$104,400$142,400

Median gross rent

$815$1,543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle	Pleasureville
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.7%	24.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	5.6%
75 and over	19.9%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Pleasureville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Pleasureville
No high school diploma	17.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Pleasureville
Drove alone	85.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Pleasureville
1-unit, detached	64.1%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Pleasureville
Poverty rate	21.2%	17.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1968	1938