Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Newcastle has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Newcastle; the top destination outside it is Graham (25%, 12 miles). Newcastle has 41 jobs, and 205 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Newcastle
Newcastle and Graham trade workers both ways
Graham is the top workplace for Newcastle residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Newcastle come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Newcastle is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Newcastle, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newcastle has about 380 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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Newcastle work
Where Newcastle clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Newcastle
About 44% 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.
Who works in Newcastle, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Newcastle 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Newcastle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 41. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcastle workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Newcastle?
$58,333 (±$48,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcastle?
10.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcastle?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcastle work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Graham (25%, 12 mi), Olney (8%, 12 mi), Fort Worth (8%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Newcastle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newcastle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newcastle
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.