Ellwood City vs New Castle Northwest

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

Ellwood City 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.

Ellwood City has the higher population (7,575 vs 1,589 in New Castle Northwest). New Castle Northwest has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $62,266 in Ellwood City). New Castle Northwest has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $120,400 in Ellwood City).

Population, income & housing

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
Population	7,575	1,589
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$91,250
Median home value	$120,400	$145,600
Median gross rent	$836	—
Housing units	4,020	756
Homeownership rate	71.5%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
Population	7,679 → 7,575 (-1.4%)	1,393 → 1,589 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $62,266 (+34.6%)	$76,010 → $91,250 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $120,400 (+23.2%)	$114,300 → $145,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $836 (+23.9%)	$1,285 → $1,493 (+16.2%)

Ellwood City

Population

7,6797,575

Median household income

$46,250$62,266

Median home value

$97,700$120,400

Median gross rent

$675$836

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)

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
Under 5	4.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	18.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.1%
75 and over	8.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
Drove alone	72.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
1-unit, detached	77.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellwood City	New Castle Northwest
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1945	1958