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Newton, IL

2,852 Population
2.1 square miles 1,365.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jasper County: 44.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,897 ±$4,288 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jasper County: $36,847 ±$2,497
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$58,564 ±$10,587 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jasper County: $71,094 ±$6,014
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

13.2% ±7.2% (362  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jasper County: 8.7% † 795 (±3% / ±273)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.6 minutes ±2.9 (25,965  ±6,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jasper County: 30 † 128,930 (±3.9 / ±18,423)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,312 ±153 Number of households
  • Jasper County: 3,766 ±144
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.3 (2,754  ±292) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jasper County: 2.4 9,135 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.9% ±10.4% (61  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jasper County: 8.4% † 148 (±4.7% / ±84)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,460 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Jasper County: 4,227 ±23
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$98,900 ±$10,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jasper County: $122,900 † ±$17,070
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.3% ±3.4% (174  ±96.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 5.1% † 463 (±1.6% / ±142.8)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.9% ±8.1% (1,840  ±237.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jasper County: 93.1% 6,041 (±6.7% / ±433)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
18.5% ±5% (383  ±109.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jasper County: 20.6% † 1,335 (±3.4% / ±222)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.6% (9  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jasper County: 0.7% 62
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.7% ±3.4% (178  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 6.6% † 470 (±1.8% / ±130)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
178 Total veterans ±80 171 Male ±77 7 Female ±13

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