A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Newcastle$710/mo

Typical home $115K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $713/mo · Housing →

Eastern Township$1,370/mo

Typical home $219K (Census) · tax rate 1.20% · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,900 a year, between Eastern Township and Newcastle.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

NewcastleEastern Township

Snow a year36″38″

January low—10°F

July high—85°F

Growing season (days)—160d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 58th

Community

NewcastleEastern Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

35 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NewcastleNE Eastern TownshipKnox County

Newcastle ↔ Eastern Township35 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Nebraska average

NewcastleEastern Township

People

Population 376Highest 163Lowest

Median age 57.2±8.8Highest 54% above NE 56.8±1.7Lowest 53% above NE

Newcastle and Eastern Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20.2%±3.1Highest NE: 24.5% 4.9%±17.3Lowest NE: 24.5%

Newcastle and Eastern Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.7%±4.8Highest NE: 16.7% 23.3%±18.2Lowest NE: 16.7%

Newcastle and Eastern Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.3%Lowest NE: 34.6% 49%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±3Highest NE: 6.6% 0%±8.7Lowest NE: 6.6%

Newcastle and Eastern Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,438±$81kLowest 9% above NE $84,688±$44kHighest 11% above NE

Eastern Township and Newcastle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $136,000±$52kLowest 43% below NE $218,800±$70kHighest 8% below NE

Eastern Township and Newcastle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $713±$335 33% below NE —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,579Lowest 56% below NE $2,633Highest 26% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.1%±55.3Highest NE: 45.1% 0%±100Lowest NE: 45.1%

Newcastle and Eastern Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 2.9%Lowest NE: 10.6% 9.8%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.6%Highest NE: 66.5% 81.6%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971 4 yrs older than NE 1971 4 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 32% above NE 16 minLowest 15% below NE

Work from home 3.4%±4.6Lowest NE: 11% 17.8%±18.3Highest NE: 11%

Eastern Township and Newcastle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux City (18%)Yankton (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eastern TownshipFew work in Newcastle

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 83.2Highest 1.5Lowest

Nebraska average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Newcastle neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Newcastle’s Town Square.

Eastern Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Eastern Township’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Newcastle and Eastern Township

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Newcastle

+ Compare

Summit Township419 people

+ Compare

Wahoo Township331 people · $177K homes

+ Compare

Butte Township357 people · $66K homes

+ Compare

Wallace266 people · $108K homes

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Newcastle vs Eastern Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Eastern Township

What daily life feels like in each

35 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Newcastle and Eastern Township

Towns like Newcastle

Post to Newcastle

Check your email