Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Newcastle has lower unemployment (0.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Wyoming as a whole has 9%. Jobs and income earn Newcastle B; getting around on foot earns it A−. About half work in Newcastle; the top destination outside it is Upton (5%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newcastle and work: the main findings
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Newcastle’s working residents have a job less than 3 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Wyoming average of 19. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Newcastle go to people who live here
Of the 1,499 jobs based in Newcastle, 51% are held by Newcastle residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Newcastle
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newcastle is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #4 of 28 in Wyoming. Unemployment holds Newcastle’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newcastle could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
From Newcastle, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcastle workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,501 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 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.
Newcastle on a workday afternoon
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 762 work right here, and 737 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
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 in the region Newcastle works
About 34% 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.
Where people from Newcastle work
Where Newcastle clocks in
5% 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.
Inside Newcastle’s 1,499 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 1,323 → 1,499. 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.
Newcastle is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newcastle is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #15 of 28 in Wyoming. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,551 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). 5.1% of Newcastle households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Newcastle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Newcastle is 1,744th among 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 995 | Bar Nunn WY | 3,012 | $99K | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,742 | Venersborg WA | 4,262 | $118K | 3.0% | 7.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,743 | Arlington MN | 2,340 | $68K | 8.6% | 0.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,744 | Newcastle WY | 3,349 | $83K | 7.3% | 0.4% | 48% | B |
| 1,745 | Gratis Township OH | 4,192 | $89K | 13.6% | 3.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,746 | Lanai City HI | 3,393 | $92K | 6.7% | 2.2% | 32% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,043 | Evansville WY | 2,875 | $77K | 3.9% | 6.4% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,146 | Warren AFB WY | 2,936 | $69K | 5.9% | 0.9% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wyoming.
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?
$82,734 (±$16,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcastle?
7.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcastle?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcastle work?
48% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upton (5%, 28 mi), Gillette (4%, 71 mi), Casper (3%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newcastle walkable?
Newcastle is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newcastle without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 5% 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. 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.