New Castle vs New Wilmington

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

New Castle and New Wilmington 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 2,291 in New Wilmington). New Wilmington has the higher median household income ($57,159 vs $41,478 in New Castle). New Wilmington has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $72,000 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	New Wilmington
Population	21,727	2,291
Median age	37.7 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,478	$57,159
Median home value	$72,000	$204,300
Median gross rent	$698	$888
Housing units	10,745	572
Homeownership rate	54.7%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	New Wilmington
Population	21,991 → 21,727 (-1.2%)	2,186 → 2,291 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$34,133 → $41,478 (+21.5%)	$63,333 → $57,159 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $72,000 (+16.3%)	$173,800 → $204,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $698 (+3.3%)	$800 → $888 (+11.0%)

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

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)

	New Castle	New Wilmington
Under 5	6.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	52.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	5.8%
75 and over	8.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	New Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	10.4%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	New Wilmington
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	48.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	New Wilmington
Drove alone	75.4%	64.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	New Wilmington
1-unit, detached	71.8%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	New Wilmington
Poverty rate	26.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1944	1953