Newcastle vs Waterbury

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (329 vs 82 in Waterbury). Waterbury has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $101,800 in Newcastle). Since 2019, Waterbury's population has grown faster (+6.5% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Waterbury
Population	329	82
Median age	57.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	—
Median home value	$101,800	$181,300
Median gross rent	$663	—
Housing units	195	56
Homeownership rate	88.1%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Waterbury
Population	314 → 329 (+4.8%)	77 → 82 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $76,250 (+45.2%)	—
Median home value	$66,400 → $101,800 (+53.3%)	$151,700 → $181,300 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $663 (+3.0%)	$531 → $775 (+46.0%)

Newcastle

Population

314329

Median household income

$52,500$76,250

Median home value

$66,400$101,800

Median gross rent

$644$663

Waterbury

Population

7782

Median home value

$151,700$181,300

Median gross rent

$531$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Waterbury
Under 5	5.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	4.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	36.6%
55 to 64	35.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	24.0%	2.4%
75 and over	6.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Waterbury
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	65.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Waterbury
Drove alone	92.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	89.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	28.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Waterbury
Poverty rate	2.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1971	1990