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Newton, IA Urban Area

15,708 Population
7.1 square miles 2,200.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,041 ±$2,883 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,000 ±$6,551 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±2.5% (1,723  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±2.4 (149,690  ±19,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,810 ±299 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,328  ±318) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±2.5% (129  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,398 ±280 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,100 ±$11,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.8% (1,925  ±439.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±5.5% (10,276  ±729.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±3% (2,066  ±336.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.2% ±1.7% (810  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.9% (1,023  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,023 Total veterans ±234 986 Male ±229 37 Female ±35

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