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Newcastle, WA

Newcastle’s job growth is coming from services, not a corporate campus.

Population
13,940
5% more from 2021 to 2026
Family households
65.8%
±6 points at 90% confidence
Local jobs
2,641
19% more from 2018 to 2023
Median income
$160,278
±$25,737 at 90% confidence
City overview

The forces shaping Newcastle now.

01
The employers behind the economy

Newcastle’s job growth is coming from services, not a corporate campus.

Newcastle contains 2,641 workplace jobs. Professional Services accounts for 23% of them. Hospitality is next at 20%.

The city counted 2,706 jobs in 2023—about 500 more than in 2015. Accommodation and food, health care, professional services, and education form a balanced top tier, with much of the recent gain linked to Newcastle Commons. That diversity matters more here than a single anchor name.

Workplace jobs: 2023
02
The trajectory

Workplaces are expanding faster than the resident base in Newcastle.

Newcastle’s population rose 5% from 2021–2026; its workplace job count rose 19% from 2018–2023. The source periods differ because the two series are released on different schedules.

Newcastle can gain daytime customers from this job growth, but employers will draw more heavily on workers living elsewhere. Housing within reach of work and transportation at shift times become constraints on further growth.

Population: 2021–2026 · jobs: 2018–2023
03
Who needs mobility to work

10% of Newcastle households have no vehicle; service gaps land on them first.

10% of households have no vehicle. Current GTFS schedules 930 weekday stop departures at 15 stops inside the city, while Seattle is the largest outside job destination.

For Newcastle’s no-vehicle households, route frequency matters only if it reaches work, groceries, school, and care at the needed hour—including the connection to Seattle. They feel missing links first.

Commute modes: ACS 2024 · job destinations: 2023
People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

The typical household estimate is 2.4 people. 66% are estimated to be family households, while 24% are estimated to be people living alone.

Average household size
2.4

±0.1 people at 90% confidence

Median age
37.5

±2.0 years at 90% confidence

Living alone
24%

±6 points at 90% confidence

Bachelor’s degree+
69%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±8 points at 90% confidence

Population composition

Who lives here

Estimated share of all Newcastle residents. Each percentage uses the city’s total population as its denominator.

White, non-Hispanic38% ±4 pts
Chinese, except Taiwanese17% ±4 pts
Two or more races, non-Hispanic9.3% ±3 pts
Asian Indian5.6% ±3 pts
Hispanic / Latino, any race4.5% ±2 pts
Korean4.4% ±3 pts
Black, non-Hispanic3.5% ±3 pts
Filipino3.4% ±2 pts
Vietnamese3.3% ±2 pts
Another race, non-Hispanic3.0% ±4 pts
Two or more Asian groups2.4% ±1 pts
Japanese1.8% ±2 pts
Taiwanese1.2% ±0.9 pts
Kazakh0.7% ±1 pts
Nepalese0.7% ±0.8 pts
Thai0.6% ±0.5 pts
Cambodian0.4% ±0.6 pts
Mongolian0.3% ±0.6 pts
Pakistani0.2% ±0.5 pts
Indonesian0.2% ±0.2 pts
Malaysian<0.1% ±0.1 pts
Laotian<0.1% ±<0.1 pt
Other Asian, not specified<0.1% ±<0.1 pt
American Indian / Alaska Native, non-Hispanic0.0% ±0.2 pts
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic0.0% ±0.2 pts

0% published estimate: Hmong, Okinawan, Other East Asian, Burmese, Mien, Singaporean, Other Southeast Asian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Sikh, Sri Lankan, Other South Asian, Afghan, Uzbek, Other Central Asian, Other Asian, specified. Zero is not proof that no residents identify with that group.

Some ranges are wide, which is common for smaller populations. Treat small differences as uncertain rather than as a precise ordering.

ACS 2020–2024 · 5-year estimates
Dataset
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates · tables B03002 and B02015
Period
2020–2024
Geography
Newcastle Census place
Definition
Race and Hispanic/Latino origin are self-reported Census concepts. Hispanic/Latino may be of any race; the broad display uses non-Hispanic race categories plus Hispanic/Latino of any race.
Method
Every percentage is shown with its 90% margin of error. Detailed Asian estimates use the Asian-alone universe and are divided by the city population for display.
Open the official source ↗
Work

What powers the local economy—and how dependent is it?

Professional Services (partial technology proxy) accounts for 23% of jobs located in Newcastle. The city’s job base changed +101% between 2010 and 2023.

Jobs by sector

Workplace jobs inside the city—not the industries of residents who commute elsewhere.

Professional Services (partial technology proxy)23%
Hospitality20%
Healthcare & Social Assistance12%
Retail9%
Other8%

Verified employer anchors

Official city employment structure; no ranked employer table · Current or recent profile · 2024. The stated employer vintage is within the current two-year publication window.

The city counted 2,706 jobs in 2023—about 500 more than in 2015. Accommodation and food, health care, professional services, and education form a balanced top tier, with much of the recent gain linked to Newcastle Commons. That diversity matters more here than a single anchor name.

The city publishes current industry and commute detail but does not name or rank individual employers.

City of Newcastle Comprehensive Plan economic-development element ↗. Headcounts change faster than Census employment totals.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure showing?

61% of occupied homes are estimated to be owner-occupied and 39% rented. The firmer current signal is construction intent: 88 homes were authorized in 2025, versus a recent pace of about 60 per year.

Home value profile

What owner-occupied homes are worth

Owner estimates from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey—not listings, recorded sales, or appraisals. The final Census band is open-ended: $2 million and above.

Median estimate$1.2M±65046.0 at 90% confidence
Middle half of homes$892k–$1.6MLower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration13%≈416 homes · estimated at $2M+
Under $500k7%
$500–749k11%
$750–999k13%
$1–1.49M40%
$1.5–1.99M17%
$2M+13%

These estimates are useful as a distribution, but the survey intervals are too wide to rank Newcastle or identify one definitive value range.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year tables B25075–B25078. Values cover owner-occupied homes only and do not measure current asking prices or recent purchase prices.

The housing mix we can estimate confidently

This describes the existing stock. It does not imply that one building type is preferable.

Detached houses57%
Attached houses6%
2–4 unit buildings<1%
5+ unit buildings36%
Other<1%
Owner-occupied
61%

±6 points at 90% confidence

Owner cost-burdened
23%

Spending 30% or more on selected owner costs. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Homes authorized, 2025
88

Permit authorizations—not construction starts or completed homes.

Residential buildings, 2025
88

One building can contain one home or many housing units.

Permit activity: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, final annual estimate for 2025. Housing units authorized are not starts or completions.

Mobility

Where do residents need to go—and who has a real alternative to driving?

Current transit schedules include 15 stops and 930 weekday stop departures inside Newcastle. The 2020–2024 ACS separately estimates how workers usually commuted; it does not count every transit trip or describe today's schedule.

Weekday departures
930

Scheduled stop departures in the current covered-feed snapshot—not riders.

Transit stops
15

Matched inside city limits; nearby cross-border stops are separate.

Top outside workplace
Seattle

36% of observed resident job destinations in 2023 LODES.

Usually drive alone
58%

Workers age 16+; ACS 2020–2024 estimate. ±8 points at 90% confidence

Where resident workers go

Top observed workplace destinations.

Seattle36%
Peak drive: 20–40 min
Bellevue20%
Peak drive: 20–40 min
Redmond10%
Peak drive: 25–50 min
Renton7%
Peak drive: 10–30 min
Kirkland3%

The strongest outside connection is Seattle. Employer or corridor changes there can alter everyday life in Newcastle, even when nothing changes inside the city boundary.

How residents usually get to work

Citywide ACS 2020–2024 estimates describe workers’ usual commute—not every trip made today.

Drive alone
58%

Share of workers usually driving alone. ±8 points at 90% confidence

Work from home
30%

Share of workers usually working from home. ±7 points at 90% confidence

Use public transit
2.5%

Usual commute mode—not all transit trips. ±1 points at 90% confidence

Commute 45+ minutes
18%

Share of workers with a one-way commute of at least 45 minutes. ±6 points at 90% confidence

For someone choosing a home in Newcastle, the practical test is the trip to Seattle, the leading outside workplace destination in the published flows. These citywide shares cannot show whether that trip works from a particular address.

Typical drive times

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Work destinations are selected from observed resident job flows. These are broad, reviewed planning ranges from representative parts of Newcastle—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Starting area
Downtown Seattle employment core

Seattle is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Newcastle, representing 33% of matched resident jobs from this city.

20–40 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Downtown Bellevue employment core

Bellevue is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Newcastle, representing 18% of matched resident jobs from this city.

20–50 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Overlake employment core

Redmond is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Newcastle, representing 9% of matched resident jobs from this city.

25–50 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Renton employment area

Renton is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Newcastle, representing 6% of matched resident jobs from this city.

10–30 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Method, review date, and sources

Planning estimate; actual time varies by departure time, route, traffic, weather, incidents, and closures.

Estimates are derived from reviewed origin/destination coordinates using a documented distance-to-time heuristic (circuity factor and assumed effective speed by corridor type and period), then deliberately widened and rounded to a broad band. No live routing or traffic API was called.

Estimates reviewed 2026-09-10. Starting point: selected representative area.

City boundary and regional context● nearby   ● work destinations
Daily life

Community institutions and local activity

Public schools, libraries, pharmacies, and listed everyday places show part of the local inventory inside Newcastle; taxable sales show the scale and direction of local commercial activity. Residents also use places across city lines, so a boundary count is not the same as access.

Local field guide

Places for everyday needs in Newcastle

Care, errands, food, fitness, and personal services gathered into one browsable directory.

Hospitals0 in cityFind nearby
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Clinics and urgent care3 listedView all
Dr. Daniel M. LetinskyMapNewcastle Clinic - Primary Care - Valley Medical CenterMapOverlake Clinics Newcastle Urgent CareMapExplore all clinics and urgent care in MapsOpen
Pharmacies2 listedView all
Cvs Pharmacy #116646939 COAL CREEK PKWY SE · NEWCASTLE, WA 98059-3136MapSafeway Pharmacy #05586911 COAL CREEK PKWY SE · NEWCASTLE, WA 98059-3136MapExplore all pharmacies in MapsOpen
Coffee3 listedView all
Kj's Cup O' JoeMapNewcastle EspressoMapStarbucksMapExplore all coffee in MapsOpen
Fitness4 listedView all
Momentum YogaMapSoul Lumos Yoga and WellnessMapStrive Skills TrainingMapVivecorpMapExplore all fitness in MapsOpen
Groceries5 listedView all
The Golf Club At NewcastleMapQFCMapQuality Food CenterMapSafewayMapSherpa FoodsMapExplore all groceries in MapsOpen
Convenience1 listedView all
ampmMapExplore all convenience in MapsOpen
Restaurants16 listedView 8 places
Aji Sushi & Grill NewcastleMapBlazing OnionMapThe Calcutta GrillMapThe CoalmanMapJet City PizzaMapLoco Chon Bar & Grill Mexican RestaurantMapMei Si Jia Business, LlcMapMOD PizzaMapExplore all restaurants in MapsOpen
Salons and barbers5 listedView all
Bishops Cuts/ColorMapGreat ClipsMapHairmastersMapPolished Salon & SpaMapSalon MasoeroMapExplore all salons and barbers in MapsOpen

Counts reflect current directory records associated with the city, not a complete business census or a measure of access. Large categories show a sample.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), snapshot 2026-08-13; Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-08-19.0; U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (NPPES NPI Registry), snapshot 2026-09-09.

Public library footprint

Newcastle Library

Floor area shows the scale of the physical branches. Physical circulation is 2024 checkouts—not visits, unique users, or digital borrowing—and people routinely use libraries across city lines.

Branch floor area
11,000 sq ft

All matched branches must report floor area before a city total is shown.

Physical checkouts
178,625

Annual branch activity; not limited to city residents. All matched branches must report before a city total is shown.

Newcastle LibraryKing County Library System
11,000 sq ft178,625 physical checkouts47 scheduled hours/week

Source: Washington State Library public-library statistics, 2024. System-wide visits, digital circulation, and program attendance cannot be assigned honestly to one branch, so they are not folded into these city totals.

Education footprint

The schools inside Newcastle.

Institution counts and enrollment will remain separate. A school can serve students from outside the city, and residents may attend a school across the boundary or elsewhere in their district.

Public elementary2
  • Hazelwood Elementary School (Newcastle)Renton School District
  • Newcastle Elementary SchoolIssaquah School District
Public middle1
  • Vera Risdon Middle SchoolRenton School District
Public high0

None in the current OSPI city-boundary match.

Other public programs0

None in the current OSPI city-boundary match.

Public-school names and levels come from OSPI. Private schools, complete IPEDS college coverage, enrollment by level, and graduate destinations are active additions; absence here should not yet be read as “none.”

Retail role

Newcastle records relatively little retail activity for its population.

Retail sales per resident fall below 86% of the cities tracked by Metroscope. That may mean residents rely more on nearby cities for shopping, but sales records alone cannot prove where they shop.

Retail sales per resident, 2024
$5,665

Higher than 14% of 82 tracked cities.

Change from 2023
+6%

Nominal retail-sales change; inflation can account for some or all of an increase.

See the underlying sales totals
Retail trade, 2024
$79.0M

Sales reported by businesses classified in retail trade.

All taxable sales
$222.0M

Includes taxable activity outside retail trade.

Retail share
36%

Retailing industries’ share of all taxable sales.

Tracked-city median
$10,670

Median retail sales per resident across cities with comparable data.

Civic life

Newcastle only became a city in 1994.

Newcastle voters elect the council, which hires a professional city manager to run administration. The mayor is selected from the council, so executive oversight works through the council rather than a separately elected chief executive.

Government form
Council–Manager

The elected council hires and oversees the city manager.

Mayor listed
Ariana Sherlock

Generally selected from the council—not a separately elected executive.

Council representatives listed
7

Current directory entries; vacancies or updates can make this differ from authorized seats.

Incorporated
1994

Code city under Washington law.

Where decisions happen

When does the Newcastle council meet?

Regular meeting schedule listed in the current municipal directory:

1st & 3rd Tue - 7:00pm

Schedules change and special meetings are separate. Check the city site for the live agenda, staff reports, public-comment rules, and video.

Official city site ↗Current officials directory ↗
Election record

Where to check Newcastle election results.

Regular municipal offices generally return in 2027. Special measures can appear earlier, and charter provisions can differ.

The next data step is city-specific turnout, contested-seat share, ballot measures, and campaign money. Until those are normalized, Metroscope links the official record instead of guessing from partisan elections.

Structure, meetings, and current officials: Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC), checked 2026-09-08. Election administration and certified results: the county election offices listed above. Confirm live agendas and officeholders at the source.

Change

What is changing the city’s trajectory?

Population and jobs do not always move together. Reading both helps distinguish a growing employment center from a city whose households are increasingly tied to opportunities elsewhere.

Residents
13,940

5% more from 2021 to 2026

Local jobs
2,641

19% more from 2018 to 2023

Retail trade, 2023–2024
+6%

Nominal taxable-sales change; not adjusted for inflation.

Data & details — selected comparable metrics across 82 places
Local jobs
LODES
2,641
1,506656,821
Higher than only 5% of places
Long-run job change
LODES
+101%
−3%+166%
Higher than 95% of places
Weekday transit departures
GTFS snapshot
930
19256,385
Higher than only 21% of places
Multifamily permitting
Census BPS
Near a 15-year low
Recent annual pace compared with this city's own 2010–2025 record
2BR Fair Market Rent
HUD, county-level
$2,549
FY2027 HUD program benchmark; chart shows FY2020–FY2027 history. Shared across this HUD metro area—not a place-specific market rent.
Work — sector breakdown
Share of local jobs by sector · LODES · workplace location, not resident industry
Professional Services (partial technology proxy)23% (612)
Hospitality20% (534)
Healthcare & Social Assistance12% (309)
Retail9% (243)
Other8% (221)
Information (partial technology proxy)6% (148)
Administrative & Support Services5% (128)
Construction / Real Estate5% (123)
Logistics / Industrial4% (98)
Manufacturing (includes, but is not limited to, aerospace)3% (92)
Finance2% (66)
Government (Public Administration)1% (36)
Education (includes academia/research)1% (31)
Where Newcastle's workforce lives (inbound)
LODES OD — commuting flows into local jobs
Seattle
22.4%
Bellevue
12.0%
Renton
9.9%
Kent
5.5%
Newcastle
4.7%