Ellport vs New Castle Northwest

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

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

New Castle Northwest has the higher population (1,589 vs 1,125 in Ellport). New Castle Northwest has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $77,639 in Ellport). Ellport has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $145,600 in New Castle Northwest).

Population, income & housing

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
Population	1,125	1,589
Median age	50.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$91,250
Median home value	$154,800	$145,600
Median gross rent	$819	—
Housing units	456	756
Homeownership rate	89.0%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
Population	988 → 1,125 (+13.9%)	1,393 → 1,589 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $77,639 (+70.9%)	$76,010 → $91,250 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $154,800 (+56.5%)	$114,300 → $145,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $819 (+22.8%)	$1,285 → $1,493 (+16.2%)

Ellport

Population

9881,125

Median household income

$45,417$77,639

Median home value

$98,900$154,800

Median gross rent

$667$819

New Castle Northwest

Population

1,3931,589

Median household income

$76,010$91,250

Median home value

$114,300$145,600

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
Under 5	5.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	15.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	5.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.1%
75 and over	9.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	98.4%
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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	47.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
Drove alone	87.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.6%	5.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
1-unit, detached	92.5%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellport	New Castle Northwest
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1953	1958