Enumclaw vs Newcastle

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (12,945 vs 12,663 in Enumclaw). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($162,646 vs $116,563 in Enumclaw). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($1,128,200 vs $498,700 in Enumclaw).

Population, income & housing

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
Population	12,663	12,945
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$116,563	$162,646
Median home value	$498,700	$1,128,200
Median gross rent	$1,672	$2,314
Housing units	5,463	5,723
Homeownership rate	73.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	71.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
Population	11,879 → 12,663 (+6.6%)	11,750 → 12,945 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$61,010 → $116,563 (+91.1%)	$129,828 → $162,646 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$299,000 → $498,700 (+66.8%)	$759,500 → $1,128,200 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,672 (+45.4%)	$1,814 → $2,314 (+27.6%)

Enumclaw

Population

11,87912,663

Median household income

$61,010$116,563

Median home value

$299,000$498,700

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,672

Newcastle

Population

11,75012,945

Median household income

$129,828$162,646

Median home value

$759,500$1,128,200

Median gross rent

$1,814$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
Under 5	8.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	40.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	39.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.1%
Two or more races	8.3%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
Drove alone	74.2%	61.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.0%
Public transit	1.2%	2.6%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.9%	26.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	66.6%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	25.5%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Enumclaw	Newcastle
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1986	1999