New Castle Northwest vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (2,263 vs 1,589 in New Castle Northwest). New Castle Northwest has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $72,273 in Oakwood). New Castle Northwest has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $112,500 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
Population	1,589	2,263
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$72,273
Median home value	$145,600	$112,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,261
Housing units	756	964
Homeownership rate	96.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
Population	1,393 → 1,589 (+14.1%)	2,233 → 2,263 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $91,250 (+20.0%)	$50,461 → $72,273 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $145,600 (+27.4%)	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,493 (+16.2%)	$778 → $1,261 (+62.1%)

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

Oakwood

Population

2,2332,263

Median household income

$50,461$72,273

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
Under 5	1.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	15.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
Drove alone	82.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	90.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	New Castle Northwest	Oakwood
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1958	1958