Cedar City vs Newcastle

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

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

Cedar City has the higher population (37,202 vs 231 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($82,670 vs $63,789 in Cedar City). Cedar City has the higher median home value ($348,000 vs $212,500 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar City	Newcastle
Population	37,202	231
Median age	26.5 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,789	$82,670
Median home value	$348,000	$212,500
Median gross rent	$1,008	—
Housing units	12,882	61
Homeownership rate	56.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar City	Newcastle
Population	32,067 → 37,202 (+16.0%)	267 → 231 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$48,346 → $63,789 (+31.9%)	$36,250 → $82,670 (+128.1%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $348,000 (+61.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,008 (+27.0%)	—

Cedar City

Population

32,06737,202

Median household income

$48,346$63,789

Median home value

$215,900$348,000

Median gross rent

$794$1,008

Newcastle

Population

267231

Median household income

$36,250$82,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar City	Newcastle
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	20.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	19.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	6.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	40.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar City	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar City	Newcastle
No high school diploma	6.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar City	Newcastle
Drove alone	75.5%	89.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar City	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	54.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar City	Newcastle
Poverty rate	17.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.01	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1996	1973