Pacific Coast Company House No. 75 · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Newcastle have higher incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle. Below the poverty line: 5.9% of residents, against 9.9% across Washington. Newcastle grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Newcastle in brief
Newcastle and Seattle trade workers both ways
Seattle is the top workplace for Newcastle residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Newcastle come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Newcastle residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Four in five Newcastle workers earn over $40,000 a year
81% of Newcastle’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Newcastle
30% of Newcastle workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Newcastle has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Newcastle went from 1,718 in 2013 to 2,416 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Newcastle: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newcastle is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #57 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Newcastle’s grade up ($160,278, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newcastle could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
33% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Newcastle clocks in
33% 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
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, services account for most jobs
2,416 jobs are based in Newcastle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 1,718 → 2,416. 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.
The trip to work from Newcastle: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcastle workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,503 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Newcastle, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,956 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 2,330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Newcastle on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Newcastle
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newcastle is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #76 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Newcastle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,451 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 29% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.2% of Newcastle households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Newcastle’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Newcastle is 637th of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 635 | Hampshire IL | 9,266 | $95K | 7.8% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 636 | Roanoke TX | 10,931 | $97K | 4.5% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 637 | Newcastle WA | 13,128 | $160K | 5.9% | 5.6% | 1% | A− |
| 638 | Hudson WI | 15,019 | $94K | 6.2% | 3.5% | 22% | A− |
| 639 | Hull MA | 10,266 | $115K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
The towns next door employ 24% of Newcastle
The biggest share goes to Bellevue (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Newcastle’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: questions
What is the median household income in Newcastle?
$160,278 (±$25,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcastle?
5.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcastle?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcastle work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (33%, 10 mi), Bellevue (18%, 4 mi), Redmond (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newcastle walkable?
Newcastle is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newcastle without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.