New Castle is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 26,311 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, New Castle is the 36th largest community in Pennsylvania. New Castle has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

New Castle is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, New Castle is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in New Castle who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.51%), sales jobs (12.25%), and food service (6.00%).

One of the benefits of New Castle is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.83 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

New Castle Information and Demographics

The citizens of New Castle are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 11.96% of adults in New Castle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Castle in 2000 was $13,730, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $54,920 for a family of four.

New Castle is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Castle home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in New Castle is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Castle include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, English, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in New Castle is English.