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Place dossier plate
SheetWY-NEWCASTLE-WY · Newcastle, WY 3,348 pop · income 58th pct · 2 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Newcastle
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Newcastle on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jefferson · lowest
47,469
Jefferson · lowest
47,469 median HH income
27.0% of the leader · rank #1
Maitland · near
77,007
Maitland · near
77,007 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #2
Loganville · near
77,011
Loganville · near
77,011 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #3
Newcastle · this city
77,014
Newcastle · this city
77,014 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #4
Winooski · near
77,020
Winooski · near
77,020 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #5
Bohners Lake · near
77,021
Bohners Lake · near
77,021 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #6
South Hempste… · highest
175,741
South Hempste… · highest
175,741 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Newcastle on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,348.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Newcastle - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Newcastle places in the 58th percentile for household income and the 67th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
58th
percentile, household income
35th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
67th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Newcastle, WY
3,348 people live in Newcastle, Wyoming - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $77,014 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.2%. Typical homes in Newcastle are valued around $173,500, and the median resident age is 37.5 years. Educational attainment runs 17.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits). Newcastle reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 934.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 47.3°F with 17.2 inches of precipitation per year and 38.9 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Wyoming run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Wyoming scores 92.7 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,044 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Wyoming's average monthly utility costs around $180 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 37.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Newcastle's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to within-city variation to reported crime to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Newcastle, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Newcastle?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 17.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Newcastle?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 934.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 59% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Newcastle?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Wyoming, the closest population matches are Wheatland (3,570 residents, $55,908 income); Bar Nunn (2,980 residents, $110,598 income); Glenrock (2,806 residents, $65,660 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Robins, IA (3,349 residents); Williamsburg, IA (3,347 residents); Jefferson, OH (3,347 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Newcastle?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 47.3°F, with 17.2 inches of precipitation and 38.9 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Wyoming is 37.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
37.9
Annual precipitation
17.2 in
Mean temperature
47.3°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the journey to work look like in Newcastle?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
73.4%
Work from home
1.4%
Public transit
2.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,465 workers age 16+.
Is Newcastle growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -12 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
3,361
2025 estimate
3,349
Period change
-0.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Newcastle?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.3×
Home value
$173,500
Household income
$77,014
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 8.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.7 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Wyoming average
C
City profile score · Newcastle, WY
56/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime B-
121 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C
$77,014
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Newcastle profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.7 index
Violent crime: 66/100 (B-) · 121 /100k
Household income: 56/100 (C) · $77,014
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.0%
Where Newcastle sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Newcastle's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Newcastle highlighted among 27 peers.Read the chart values
Newcastle, WY (this city): home $173,500, crime 935/100k
Robins, IA : home $370,500, crime 334/100k
Williamsburg, IA : home $194,000, crime 1,075/100k
Jefferson, OH : home $189,500, crime 851/100k
Mount Oliver, PA : home $84,700, crime 4,036/100k
Petersburg, AK : home $298,500, crime 808/100k
Glenrock, WY : home $218,300, crime 372/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Newcastle compare to other US cities?
Newcastle measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income58% higher than other cities
Home value35% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety67% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Wyoming, Newcastle ranks #10 of 24 Wyoming cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Newcastle against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wyoming only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Wyoming-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Newcastle near the bottom of Wyoming's cities
Among the 150 Wyoming cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Newcastle ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Newcastle only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#56 of 135
59th percentile in Wyoming
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 150
0th percentile in Wyoming
Median Home Value
#96 of 128
25th percentile in Wyoming
Poverty Rate
#54 of 149
64th percentile in Wyoming
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#89 of 150
41st percentile in Wyoming
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wyoming only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
58th percentile nationally for median household income · 67th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Newcastle's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Newcastle's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Newcastle's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$173,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 65% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Newcastle's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,721 of 15,516
More affordable than 82% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,527 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.3×, Newcastle sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,721 of 15,516 and #2,527 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$77,014Newcastle, WY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Newcastle, WY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Newcastle, WY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,348
Median Income
$77,014
Median Home Value
$173,500
Median Age
37.5
Poverty Rate
8.2%
Labor force participation
54.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
934.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
120.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
814.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
47.3°F
Annual Precipitation
17.2"
Annual Snowfall
38.9"
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Newcastle's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,361 residents
2021
3,330 residents
2022
3,357 residents
2023
3,343 residents
2024
3,363 residents
2025
3,349 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
1
1
0
$0.1M
2021
1
1
0
$0.1M
2022
1
1
0
$0.1M
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.4%
Carpool
18.1%
Public Transit
2.9%
Walk
4.0%
Work from Home
1.4%
Based on 1,465 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Wyoming statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $180
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wyoming at $180 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Wyoming statewide averages, not a meter reading for Newcastle. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Wyoming's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.7 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Newcastle is $1,044/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wyoming statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 37.9 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Wyoming statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Newcastle sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Newcastle compares to similar-size Wyoming cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.