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Population in July 2007: 3,556. Population change since 2000: +65.2%
Males: 992  (50.0%)
Females: 992  (50.0%)

Garfield County

Median resident age:  30.0 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Zip codes: 81647.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $55,100 (it was $55,000 in 2000)
New Castle  $55,100
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $209,000 (it was $179,100 in 2000)
New Castle  $209,000
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in New Castle:

  • White Non-Hispanic (86.7%)
  • Hispanic (11.9%)
  • Other race (3.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in New Castle: 91.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (25.9%), Irish (14.9%), English (11.8%), Italian (6.1%), French (5.9%), United States (5.1%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 5573 feet

Land area: 2.33 square miles.

Population density: 1286 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in New Castle

  • High school or higher: 91.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
  • Unemployed: 1.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 35.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in New Castle town

  • Never married: 20.6%
  • Now married: 65.4%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 1.8%
  • Divorced: 10.5%

110 residents are foreign born (4.8% Latin America).

This town:  5.5%
Colorado:  8.6%



According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in New Castle, Colorado in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in New Castle to the number of sex offenders is 375 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

New Castle:  0.5% ($840)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Boulder, CO (159.4 miles , pop. 94,673).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (167.2 miles , pop. 450,166).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (521.6 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Silt, CO (8.2 miles ), Glenwood Springs, CO (14.3 miles ), Rifle, CO (17.2 miles ), Carbondale, CO (25.0 miles ), El Jebel, CO (33.1 miles ), Battlement Mesa, CO (35.5 miles ), Parachute, CO (36.5 miles ), Basalt, CO (36.9 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 42 buildings, average cost: $65,400
  • 1997: 38 buildings, average cost: $68,700
  • 1998: 59 buildings, average cost: $126,800
  • 1999: 61 buildings, average cost: $97,000
  • 2000: 61 buildings, average cost: $105,400
  • 2001: 84 buildings, average cost: $126,800
  • 2002: 89 buildings, average cost: $110,300
  • 2003: 46 buildings, average cost: $128,800
  • 2004: 73 buildings, average cost: $136,000
  • 2005: 89 buildings, average cost: $136,000
  • 2006: 46 buildings, average cost: $173,900
  • 2007: 42 buildings, average cost: $173,900

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Latitude: 39.57 N, Longitude: 107.53 W


Area code: 970

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Population change in the 1990s: +1,265 (+175.9%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (37%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (14%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (7%)
  • Carpenters (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)


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Crime in New Castle by Year

Type 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 0100
    per 100,000 0.039.60.00.0
Rapes 0002
    per 100,000 0.00.00.070.0
Robberies 0110
    per 100,000 0.039.637.00.0
Assaults 11534
    per 100,000 529.1198.1110.9140.0
Burglaries 10252214
    per 100,000 481.0990.5813.3489.9
Thefts 58446956
    per 100,000 2789.81743.32550.81959.4
Auto thefts 35514
    per 100,000 144.3198.1184.8489.9
Arson 0001
    per 100,000 0.00.00.035.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 142.0) 262.6285.7207.0235.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 7 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.00
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near New Castle:
  • VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSN (about 7 miles; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO)
  • CLAGETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; RIFLE, CO)
  • PIONEERS HOSPITAL OF RIO BLANCO (about 42 miles; MEEKER, CO)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New Castle:
  • EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 43 miles; EAGLE, CO; ID: EGE)
  • ASPEN-PITKIN CO/SARDY FIELD (about 53 miles; ASPEN, CO; ID: ASE)
  • YAMPA VALLEY (about 66 miles; HAYDEN, CO; ID: HDN)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Castle:
  • GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL (about 14 miles; RIFLE, CO; ID: RIL)
  • GLENWOOD SPRINGS MUNI (about 17 miles; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; ID: GWS)
  • MEEKER (about 40 miles; MEEKER, CO; ID: EEO)

Amtrak station near New Castle:
  • 15 miles: GLENWOOD SPRINGS (413 7TH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, call for car rental service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to New Castle:
  • COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 16 miles; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Full-time enrollment: 3,400)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 73 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
  • MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 81 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; FT enrollment: 4,415)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 154 miles; BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)
  • COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 156 miles; Fort Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 158 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,051)
  • COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (about 163 miles; GOLDEN, CO; FT enrollment: 3,183)
Private high school in New Castle:
  • THE GARDEN SCHOOL (Students: 45; Location: 5033 CR 335 #295; Grades: KG - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in New Castle:
  • RIVERSIDE SCHOOL (Students: 466; Location: 804 WEST MAIN; Grades: 05 - 08)
  • KATHRYN SENOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 446; Location: 101 ALDER AVENUE; Grades: PK - 04)
Library in New Castle:
  • GARFIELD CO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating income: $1,159,043; Location: 402 W MAIN STREET; 153,057 books; 7,692 audio materials; 5,769 video materials; 265 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in New Castle and their reported violations in the past:

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS (Population served: 115, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-19-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-19-2005)
  • 3 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  76.3%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.4%
Whole state:  5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  4.4%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  2.1%
Whole state:  4.1%

New Castle compared to Colorado state average:

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  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Banks with branches in New Castle (2007 data):
  • Alpine Bank: New Castle Branch at 810 Castle Valley Boulevard, branch established on 1996-08-05. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,010.8 mil, Deposits: $1,752.5 mil, headquarters in Glenwood Springs, CO, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 35 total offices, Holding Company: Alpine Banks Of Colorado



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 2$5,894$35,3640$0
Parks and Recreation 3$6,649$26,5960$0
Sewerage 1$4,300$51,6000$0
Other and Unallocable 1$2,384$28,6080$0
Streets and Highways 3$9,613$38,4520$0
Police Protection - Officers 5$14,807$35,5370$0
Other Government Administration 4$14,247$42,7410$0
Financial Administration 1$4,069$48,8280$0
Totals for Government 20$61,963$37,1780$0



New Castle government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $392,000
    All Other: $217,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $562,000
    Regular Highways: $146,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $396,000
    Police Protection: $321,000
    Water Utilities: $294,000
    Sewerage: $248,000
    Regular Highways: $216,000
    Financial Administration: $195,000
    Parks & Recreation: $146,000
    Solid Waste Management: $81,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $31,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $30,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $59,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $33,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $459,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $435,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $25,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $24,000
    Water Utilities: $8,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $57,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $13,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $70,000
    Parks & Recreation: $63,000
    Sewerage: $49,000
    Water Utilities: $26,000
    Police Protection: $17,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,352,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $607,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $55,000
    All Other: $53,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $791,000
    NEC: $165,000
    Property: $134,000
    Public Utilities: $47,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $8,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $678,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $2,000

11.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,296 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.79%
Colorado average:  10.77%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Eagle County, CO  1.02% ($71,077 average AGI)
from Mesa County, CO  0.90% ($36,248)
from Pitkin County, CO  0.71% ($92,299)


9.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,305 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.18%
Colorado average:  10.03%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($374 average AGI)
Garfield County:  0.07%
Colorado average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Mesa County, CO  1.51% ($48,260 average AGI)
to Eagle County, CO  0.59% ($64,211)
to Pitkin County, CO  0.39% ($34,306)


Strongest AM radio stations in New Castle:
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KGLN (980 AM; 1 kW; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: COLORADO WEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KRGS (690 AM; 1 kW; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • KJOL (620 AM; 10 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: UNITED MINISTRIES)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KRAI (550 AM; 5 kW; CRAIG, CO; Owner: WILD WEST RADIO, INC.)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KSKE (610 AM; 5 kW; VAIL, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KUBC (580 AM; 5 kW; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: WOODLAND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KLMO (1060 AM; 30 kW; LONGMONT, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in New Castle:
  • KKCH (92.7 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: AGM-ROCKY MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING I, L.L.C.)
  • KDNK (90.5 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: CARBONDALE COMM. ACCESS RADIO, INC.)
  • KLXV (91.9 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KRVG (95.5 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
  • K247AD (97.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: PITKIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR)
  • KZKS-FM2 (105.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C)
  • KZKS (105.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • K276AI (103.1 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K256AD (99.1 FM; PALISADE, CO; Owner: NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • K205CK (88.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K214CA (90.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • K259AC (99.7 FM; GYPSUM, ETC., CO; Owner: COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO)
  • KTUN (101.5 FM; EAGLE, CO; Owner: SALISBURY BROADCASTING COLORADO, LLC)
  • K210CE (89.9 FM; MESA, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KAYW (98.1 FM; MEEKER, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
  • K216ES (91.1 FM; CARDIFF, CO; Owner: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around New Castle:
  • K05GY (Channel 5; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: CHANNEL 20 TV COMPANY)
  • K07JF (Channel 7; NEW CASTLE, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
  • K09JT (Channel 9; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K11JZ (Channel 11; NEW CASTLE, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K36AF (Channel 36; NEW CASTLE, CO; Owner: PIKES PEAK BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K02JD (Channel 2; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K04JL (Channel 4; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K06JS (Channel 6; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K08JS (Channel 8; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K10LN (Channel 10; EAST ELK CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • KREG-TV (Channel 3; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
  • K04GM (Channel 4; DIVIDE CREEK, ETC., CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
  • K06GW (Channel 6; DIVIDE CREEK, ETC., CO; Owner: ROCKY MT. PUBLIC B/C NETWORK, INC.)
  • K08HT (Channel 8; UPPER DIVIDE CREEK, CO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
  • K10IQ (Channel 10; UPPER DIVIDE CREEK, CO; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)

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