South New Castle vs West Pittsburg

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

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

West Pittsburg has the higher population (949 vs 849 in South New Castle). South New Castle has the higher median household income ($62,321 vs $41,841 in West Pittsburg). West Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $86,000 in South New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
Population	849	949
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,321	$41,841
Median home value	$86,000	$101,300
Median gross rent	$946	$769
Housing units	369	510
Homeownership rate	85.4%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
Population	777 → 849 (+9.3%)	679 → 949 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $62,321 (+11.4%)	$41,667 → $41,841 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $86,000 (+20.6%)	$74,000 → $101,300 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $946 (+36.7%)	$548 → $769 (+40.3%)

South New Castle

Population

777849

Median household income

$55,938$62,321

Median home value

$71,300$86,000

Median gross rent

$692$946

West Pittsburg

Population

679949

Median household income

$41,667$41,841

Median home value

$74,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$548$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
Under 5	5.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	5.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.9%
75 and over	7.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
No high school diploma	11.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
Drove alone	66.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	17.2%	10.5%
Public transit	2.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	11.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	86.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	South New Castle	West Pittsburg
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1953	1961