Ellwood City vs New Wilmington

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

Ellwood City and New Wilmington 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 2,291 in New Wilmington). Ellwood City has the higher median household income ($62,266 vs $57,159 in New Wilmington). New Wilmington has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $120,400 in Ellwood City).

Population, income & housing

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
Population	7,575	2,291
Median age	45.9 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$57,159
Median home value	$120,400	$204,300
Median gross rent	$836	$888
Housing units	4,020	572
Homeownership rate	71.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
Population	7,679 → 7,575 (-1.4%)	2,186 → 2,291 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $62,266 (+34.6%)	$63,333 → $57,159 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $120,400 (+23.2%)	$173,800 → $204,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $836 (+23.9%)	$800 → $888 (+11.0%)

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 Wilmington

Population

2,1862,291

Median household income

$63,333$57,159

Median home value

$173,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$800$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
Under 5	4.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	52.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.8%
75 and over	8.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	7.9%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
Drove alone	72.4%	64.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.7%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
1-unit, detached	77.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellwood City	New Wilmington
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1945	1953