New Beaver vs New Castle

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

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

New Castle has the higher population (21,727 vs 1,377 in New Beaver). New Beaver has the higher median household income ($61,364 vs $41,478 in New Castle). New Beaver has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $72,000 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	New Castle
Population	1,377	21,727
Median age	47.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$41,478
Median home value	$130,600	$72,000
Median gross rent	$734	$698
Housing units	653	10,745
Homeownership rate	82.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	New Castle
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	21,991 → 21,727 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$34,133 → $41,478 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$61,900 → $72,000 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	$676 → $698 (+3.3%)

New Beaver

Population

1,3861,377

Median household income

$46,190$61,364

Median home value

$87,000$130,600

Median gross rent

$671$734

New Castle

Population

21,99121,727

Median household income

$34,133$41,478

Median home value

$61,900$72,000

Median gross rent

$676$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle
Under 5	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	1.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	New Castle
No high school diploma	14.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle
Drove alone	88.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle
1-unit, detached	67.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	New Castle
Poverty rate	8.1%	26.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1972	1944