Newell is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Across the Monongahela River in Washington County, Newell runs adjacent with (from north to south) Elco, California, Coal Center and another segment of California.

There were 232 housing units at an average density of 375.8 per square mile (145.1/km2).

25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.0% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older.