Newcastle vs Olney

A side-by-side comparison of Newcastle and Olney: population, income, housing, and more.

Newcastle and Olney are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olney has the higher population (3,011 vs 614 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $39,231 in Olney). Olney has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $40,500 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Olney
Population	614	3,011
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$39,231
Median home value	$40,500	$92,200
Median gross rent	$521	$436
Housing units	290	1,561
Homeownership rate	74.1%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Olney
Population	620 → 614 (-1.0%)	3,117 → 3,011 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$30,909 → $63,750 (+106.3%)	$49,079 → $39,231 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$46,200 → $40,500 (-12.3%)	$51,200 → $92,200 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$414 → $521 (+25.8%)	$689 → $436 (-36.7%)

Newcastle

Population

620614

Median household income

$30,909$63,750

Median home value

$46,200$40,500

Median gross rent

$414$521

Olney

Population

3,1173,011

Median household income

$49,079$39,231

Median home value

$51,200$92,200

Median gross rent

$689$436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Olney
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	27.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	1.5%	10.1%
75 and over	11.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	72.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Olney
No high school diploma	18.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	49.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Olney
Drove alone	78.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	17.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	3.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Olney
1-unit, detached	63.8%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Olney
Poverty rate	12.2%	24.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	11
Median year structure built	1966	1967