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Newton, IA

15,700 Population
11.3 square miles 1,394.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,732 ±$2,904 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$57,771 ±$7,427 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

11.1% ±2.5% (1,693  ±388) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

22.3 minutes ±2.5 (147,305  ±19,274) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

6,772 ±292 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (15,279  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

4.1% ±2.6% (129  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

7,353 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$153,700 ±$12,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

12.8% ±2.9% (1,987  ±450.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.7% 98,801 (±0.6% / ±4,006.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

93.2% ±6% (10,223  ±730.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
19.5% ±3.1% (2,140  ±342.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

5.2% ±1.7% (812  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

8.3% ±1.8% (1,025  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,025 Total veterans ±225 974 Male ±217 51 Female ±40

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