Newcastle vs Ponca

A side-by-side comparison of Newcastle and Ponca: population, income, housing, and more.

Newcastle and Ponca are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ponca has the higher population (707 vs 329 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $53,077 in Ponca). Ponca has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $101,800 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Ponca
Population	329	707
Median age	57.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$53,077
Median home value	$101,800	$173,800
Median gross rent	$663	$575
Housing units	195	380
Homeownership rate	88.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Ponca
Population	314 → 329 (+4.8%)	915 → 707 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $76,250 (+45.2%)	$52,604 → $53,077 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $101,800 (+53.3%)	$90,300 → $173,800 (+92.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $663 (+3.0%)	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)

Newcastle

Population

314329

Median household income

$52,500$76,250

Median home value

$66,400$101,800

Median gross rent

$644$663

Ponca

Population

915707

Median household income

$52,604$53,077

Median home value

$90,300$173,800

Median gross rent

$575$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Ponca
Under 5	5.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	35.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	24.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.7%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Ponca
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Ponca
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Ponca
Drove alone	92.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Ponca
1-unit, detached	89.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Ponca
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.06	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1971	1969