Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNewcastle Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Newcastle Township is behind 89% of U.S. towns. Newcastle Township has 121 jobs for 527 working residents. The two grades for Newcastle Township are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Newcastle Township: the figures worth knowing
Newcastle Township and Rochester trade workers both ways
Rochester is the top workplace for Newcastle Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Newcastle Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Newcastle Township is a place people come home to
There are 121 jobs based in Newcastle Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newcastle Township has about 960 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 527 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Newcastle Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Newcastle Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Newcastle Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($48,889, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Newcastle Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Newcastle Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
23% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Newcastle Township clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Newcastle Township on a workday
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Newcastle Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
86% of the jobs in Newcastle Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcastle Township, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 121. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newcastle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newcastle Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcastle Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 525 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Newcastle Township
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Newcastle Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newcastle Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 570 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.7% of Newcastle Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newcastle Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newcastle Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800: 3,925th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,923 | Courtland VA | 1,299 | $61K | 13.5% | 11.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,924 | Athens WI | 1,190 | $53K | 14.6% | 2.3% | 9% | C− |
| 3,925 | Newcastle Township IN | 1,368 | $49K | 11.7% | 5.8% | 1% | C− |
| 3,926 | Shelby Township IN | 1,134 | $58K | 11.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C− |
| 3,927 | Center Township KS | 1,325 | $65K | 11.3% | 0.1% | 42% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Newcastle Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Newcastle Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rochester Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newcastle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Township | – | C− | C− | 27 min | $48,889 |
| Rochester Township | 3% | D | A− | 20 min | $59,577 |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 38 min | $61,122 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $68,750 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $87,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newcastle Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Newcastle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newcastle Township?
$48,889 (±$13,369) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcastle Township?
11.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcastle Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcastle Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (23%, 7 mi), Warsaw (9%, 16 mi), Plymouth (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newcastle Township walkable?
Newcastle Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newcastle Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newcastle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newcastle Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.