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Newton, IA

15,692 Population
11.3 square miles 1,394.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,753 ±$2,308 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $42,742 ±$542
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$53,873 ±$4,956 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $81,103 ±$1,080
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

12.4% ±3.2% (1,893  ±487) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.2% 64,115 (±0.5% / ±3,152)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

20.7 minutes ±2.2 (138,270  ±16,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,747,725 (±0.3 / ±109,691)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

6,527 ±264 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 283,928 ±1,171
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.3 ±0.1 (15,288  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.5 698,313 (±0 / ±215)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

4.1% ±2.7% (123  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,828 (±0.4% / ±741)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

7,331 ±255 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 303,147 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$140,100 ±$5,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $235,800 ±$2,617
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

12.1% ±2.6% (1,875  ±409) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 14.5% 101,968 (±0.5% / ±3,628.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

93% ±5.9% (10,106  ±,693.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 444,718 (±1.1% / ±4,990.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
18.2% ±2.8% (1,974  ±,303.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 38.5% 182,754 (±0.7% / ±3,343.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

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

4.2% ±1.3% (661  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.3% 59,333
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

7.4% ±1.5% (898  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.3% 33,599 (±0.2% / ±1,305)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
898 Total veterans ±188 864 Male ±180 34 Female ±26

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