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Newark town, Rock County, WI

1,377 Population
36.3 square miles 37.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rock County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,961 ±$5,009 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rock County: $38,536 ±$1,081
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,667 ±$7,716 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rock County: $75,673 ±$2,128
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±1.5% (62  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rock County: 9.3% 14,980 (±0.7% / ±1,167)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±7.4 (15,665  ±2,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock County: 23.8 1,764,135 (±0.6 / ±55,344)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

516 ±62 Number of households
  • Rock County: 67,201 ±481
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (1,373  ±192) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock County: 2.4 161,670 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±1.7% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rock County: 5.9% † 2,141 (±0.9% / ±326)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

541 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Rock County: 71,109 ±90
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$335,900 ±$23,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rock County: $231,600 ±$3,637
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±2.7% (60  ±38.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Rock County: 9.4% 15,320 (±0.9% / ±1,406)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±17.2% (980  ±121.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rock County: 92.6% 105,368 (±2% / ±2,267.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±4.3% (231  ±55.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rock County: 25.8% 29,358 (±1.1% / ±1,224.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.2% ±2.5% (30  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rock County: 4.6% 7,554
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.7% (59  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rock County: 6.9% 8,848 (±0.5% / ±593)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±21 59 Male ±21 N/A Female ±10

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