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Newton, IA

15,696 Population
11.3 square miles 1,394.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,781 ±$2,399 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $44,796 ±$522
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,321 ±$7,434 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $84,209 ±$1,136
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

11.2% ±2.3% (1,715  ±351) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 63,021 (±0.4% / ±2,903)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.7 minutes ±2.4 (148,460  ±19,007) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,701,490 (±0.2 / ±100,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

6,698 ±287 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 289,451 ±1,214
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (15,291  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 707,288 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.7% ±2.6% (139  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,980 (±0.5% / ±799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

7,472 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 308,705 ±223
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$151,600 ±$10,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $252,400 ±$3,032
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.5% ±2.6% (2,098  ±400.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 98,978 (±0.6% / ±3,981.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

92.3% ±5.9% (10,304  ±714.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.5% 449,966 (±1.1% / ±5,214.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
18.8% ±2.9% (2,100  ±332.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.1% 188,214 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

4.5% ±1.2% (709  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.6% 62,047
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.3% ±2% (1,036  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 33,516 (±0.2% / ±1,237)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,036 Total veterans ±256 981 Male ±244 55 Female ±45

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