Newcastle vs Wakefield

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

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

Wakefield has the higher population (1,288 vs 329 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $57,500 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $101,800 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Wakefield
Population	329	1,288
Median age	57.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$57,500
Median home value	$101,800	$110,300
Median gross rent	$663	$808
Housing units	195	455
Homeownership rate	88.1%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Wakefield
Population	314 → 329 (+4.8%)	1,545 → 1,288 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $76,250 (+45.2%)	$67,371 → $57,500 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $101,800 (+53.3%)	$94,400 → $110,300 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $663 (+3.0%)	$733 → $808 (+10.2%)

Newcastle

Population

314329

Median household income

$52,500$76,250

Median home value

$66,400$101,800

Median gross rent

$644$663

Wakefield

Population

1,5451,288

Median household income

$67,371$57,500

Median home value

$94,400$110,300

Median gross rent

$733$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Wakefield
Under 5	5.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	26.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	35.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	24.0%	5.6%
75 and over	6.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	56.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Wakefield
No high school diploma	4.9%	40.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Wakefield
Drove alone	92.7%	63.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	89.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Wakefield
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1971	1957