New Beaver vs New Castle Northwest

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

New Beaver 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 1,377 in New Beaver). New Castle Northwest has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $61,364 in New Beaver). New Castle Northwest has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $130,600 in New Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
Population	1,377	1,589
Median age	47.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$91,250
Median home value	$130,600	$145,600
Median gross rent	$734	—
Housing units	653	756
Homeownership rate	82.0%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	1,393 → 1,589 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$76,010 → $91,250 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$114,300 → $145,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	$1,285 → $1,493 (+16.2%)

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 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)

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
Under 5	5.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	15.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	5.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.1%
75 and over	10.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
No high school diploma	14.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
Drove alone	88.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	12.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
1-unit, detached	67.2%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	New Castle Northwest
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1972	1958