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Jefferson township, Newton County, IN

2,229 Population
45.1 square miles 49.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±7.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Newton County: 42.9 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,398 ±$3,044 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $33,933 ±$2,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,094 ±$6,634 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $75,481 ±$7,095
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±5.2% (292  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Newton County: 14% † 1,928 (±3.1% / ±431)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±6.7 (20,745  ±4,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Newton County: 33 183,595 (±3.2 / ±20,843)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,052 ±158 Number of households
  • Newton County: 5,726 ±124
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (2,194  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 2.4 13,758 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±2.5% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Newton County: 5.2% † 145 (±2.6% / ±73)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,151 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 6,093 ±33
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,700 ±$13,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Newton County: $171,500 ±$12,497
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±6.4% (371  ±151.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newton County: 10.3% † 1,428 (±2.7% / ±371.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.8% ±17% (1,383  ±175.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Newton County: 90.2% 9,066 (±5.4% / ±552.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±4.9% (284  ±90.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 15.3% † 1,535 (±2.6% / ±257)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • 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

2.5% ±1.7% (55  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Newton County: 3.8% 527
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.2% (106  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Newton County: 9.6% † 1,059 (±2.3% / ±255)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
106 Total veterans ±41 92 Male ±37 14 Female ±11

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