New Castle Northwest vs Oakland

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

New Castle Northwest and Oakland 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 1,309 in Oakland). New Castle Northwest has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $68,864 in Oakland). New Castle Northwest has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $111,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
Population	1,589	1,309
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$68,864
Median home value	$145,600	$111,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,075
Housing units	756	722
Homeownership rate	96.1%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
Population	1,393 → 1,589 (+14.1%)	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $91,250 (+20.0%)	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $145,600 (+27.4%)	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,493 (+16.2%)	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)

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

Oakland

Population

1,5791,309

Median household income

$54,605$68,864

Median home value

$85,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$952$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
Under 5	1.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.5%
18 to 24	15.7%	12.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.8%
75 and over	10.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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	0.0%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
Drove alone	82.5%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
1-unit, detached	90.3%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	New Castle Northwest	Oakland
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1958	1950