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Newton township, Catawba County, NC

30,748 Population
58.7 square miles 523.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Catawba County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,890 ±$5,194 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Catawba County: $36,025 ±$1,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$59,916 ±$6,454 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Catawba County: $64,544 ±$1,989
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.2% ±2.7% (3,642  ±838) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Catawba County: 12.8% 20,376 (±1% / ±1,646)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.4 minutes ±2.1 (306,930  ±38,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Catawba County: 22.7 1,585,785 (±0.7 / ±62,005)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,769 ±763 Number of households
  • Catawba County: 65,201 ±580
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (29,800  ±1,499) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Catawba County: 2.5 159,441 (±0 / ±37)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.6% ±3% (521  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Catawba County: 5.5% † 1,963 (±1.1% / ±377)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

13,760 ±768 Number of housing units
  • Catawba County: 72,028 ±85
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$194,000 ±$12,879 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Catawba County: $218,100 ±$5,700
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.2% ±1.8% (3,100  ±577.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Catawba County: 10% † 16,012 (±1% / ±1,598.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.5% ±2.5% (19,278  ±1,216.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Catawba County: 87.5% 98,941 (±2.2% / ±2,511.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.3% ±2.3% (4,294  ±560.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Catawba County: 24.9% 28,194 (±1.1% / ±1,277.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

7.7% ±2.1% (2,369  ±666) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Catawba County: 6.7% 10,923
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5% ±1.1% (1,241  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Catawba County: 6.4% 8,148 (±0.6% / ±704)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,241 Total veterans ±276 1,154 Male ±266 87 Female ±79

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