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Newton, KS

18,527 Population
14.8 square miles 1,251.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,192 ±$2,100 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $35,104 ±$693
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$66,528 ±$7,758 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $66,643 ±$1,041
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

11.7% ±3.2% (2,132  ±584) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 12.8% 81,155 (±0.6% / ±4,042)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

20.1 minutes ±1.6 (176,830  ±17,204) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.3 5,844,495 (±0.3 / ±90,169)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

7,291 ±325 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 249,468 ±1,437
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.1 (18,096  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 634,327 (±0 / ±193)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

9.8% ±3.1% (390  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6.2% 9,205 (±0.5% / ±758)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

8,247 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 276,052 ±181
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$137,600 ±$12,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $173,400 ±$2,284
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.1% ±3.7% (3,116  ±666) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 16.3% 104,059 (±0.6% / ±3,912.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

91.3% ±6.5% (11,788  ±,884.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 382,155 (±1% / ±4,375.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
27.7% ±3.8% (3,576  ±,503.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.4% 133,094 (±0.6% / ±2,638.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

3.9% ±1.7% (722  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.5% 48,221
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.9% ±1.8% (1,280  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.6% 36,685 (±0.3% / ±1,454)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
1,280 Total veterans ±261 1,218 Male ±253 62 Female ±61

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