New Carlisle is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 5,511 people and three associated neighborhoods, New Carlisle is the 251st largest community in Ohio.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, New Carlisle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in New Carlisle with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Carlisle in 2022 was $26,758, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,032 for a family of four. However, New Carlisle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

New Carlisle is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Carlisle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Carlisle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. New Carlisle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Carlisle include German, Irish, English, European, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in New Carlisle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.