Photo: PostalRoadTrips · CC BY-SA 4.0Cedar City draws about half of Newcastle’s working residents
5% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Utah. Hardly any stay in Newcastle for work; outside it, Cedar City is the main destination (47%, 26 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Newcastle by day
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Newcastle on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Newcastle goes to work
Where Newcastle clocks in
13% of workers
2% 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.
What the 51 jobs in Newcastle are
51 jobs are based in Newcastle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 51. 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.
Getting to work from Newcastle takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcastle workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Newcastle
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.
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?
$86,739 (±$63,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcastle?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcastle?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcastle work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Newcastle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.