New Castle vs Smithfield

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

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

New Castle has the higher population (865 vs 164 in Smithfield). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($49,688 vs $33,833 in New Castle). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $151,500 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Smithfield
Population	865	164
Median age	49.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,833	$49,688
Median home value	$151,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	$704	$869
Housing units	446	51
Homeownership rate	55.0%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Smithfield
Population	1,021 → 865 (-15.3%)	157 → 164 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$34,750 → $33,833 (-2.6%)	$30,417 → $49,688 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $151,500 (+52.9%)	$137,500 → $165,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $704 (-7.7%)	$642 → $869 (+35.4%)

New Castle

Population

1,021865

Median household income

$34,750$33,833

Median home value

$99,100$151,500

Median gross rent

$763$704

Smithfield

Population

157164

Median household income

$30,417$49,688

Median home value

$137,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$642$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle	Smithfield
Under 5	6.8%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	15.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	27.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	4.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	6.7%
75 and over	19.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Smithfield
No high school diploma	17.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	40.6%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Smithfield
Drove alone	85.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	64.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Smithfield
Poverty rate	21.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.13	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1968	1953