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Median Home Price in New Castle, PA

The median home value in New Castle, PA is $151,472, up 5.13% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$151,472

Year-over-Year

+5.13%

Population

21,252

Home value history

The typical home value was unchanged, from $151,505 in May 2026 to $151,472 in Sep 2026.

New Castle, PA typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

New Castle, PA monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$151,505+3.3%
Jun 2026$153,317+3.9%
Jul 2026$153,221+4.3%
Aug 2026$152,535+4.8%
Sep 2026$151,472+5.1%

New Castle ranks #131 of 145 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 42.0% below the state's city median of $261,059. It sits in Lawrence County, where the county-wide median is $164,572.

Housing affordability in New Castle

Median household income in New Castle is $42,219, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in New Castle

New Castle police recorded a violent crime rate of 85 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,035 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about New Castle

What is the average home price in New Castle, PA?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In New Castle, that value is $151,472. That's up 5.13% from a year earlier. It is about 42.0% below the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.

Is New Castle expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in New Castle are cheaper than Lawrence County as a whole, where the median is $164,572 — a difference of about 8.0%.

Is New Castle affordable?

Median household income here is $42,219, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is New Castle a safe place to live?

New Castle police reported 85 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 21,252. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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