Newcastle vs Upton

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (3,348 vs 845 in Upton). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($77,014 vs $68,173 in Upton). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($173,500 vs $166,300 in Upton).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Upton
Population	3,348	845
Median age	37.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,014	$68,173
Median home value	$173,500	$166,300
Median gross rent	$711	—
Housing units	1,462	547
Homeownership rate	83.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Upton
Population	3,445 → 3,348 (-2.8%)	1,075 → 845 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$59,535 → $77,014 (+29.4%)	$52,930 → $68,173 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $173,500 (+42.7%)	$141,400 → $166,300 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $711 (-13.3%)	$839 → $725 (-13.6%)

Newcastle

Population

3,4453,348

Median household income

$59,535$77,014

Median home value

$121,600$173,500

Median gross rent

$820$711

Upton

Population

1,075845

Median household income

$52,930$68,173

Median home value

$141,400$166,300

Median gross rent

$839$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newcastle	Upton
Under 5	3.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	5.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	4.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	26.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.3%
75 and over	9.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Upton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Upton
No high school diploma	8.5%	17.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Upton
Drove alone	73.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.1%
Public transit	2.9%	2.0%
Walked	4.0%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Upton
1-unit, detached	72.3%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Upton
Poverty rate	9.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.56	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1954	1978