Census Reporter

Newton, TX

2,249 Population
5.4 square miles 413.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 44.4 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,133 ±$2,731 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $21,836 ±$1,886
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$33,077 ±$17,961 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newton County: $40,690 † ±$8,364
  • about half the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

30.6% ±11.8% (641  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 25.8% † 3,513 (±5.4% / ±732)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

36.1 minutes ±10.3 (28,380  ±11,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 38.9 † 193,415 (±4.7 / ±27,734)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

796 ±161 Number of households
  • Newton County: 5,124 ±265
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
2.6 ±0.1 (2,089  ±425) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newton County: 2.7 13,628 (±0.1 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

11% ±8.6% (55  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 10% † 283 (±4.7% / ±133)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

986 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 7,402 ±37
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$84,200 ±$15,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Newton County: $80,700 † ±$9,856
  • about half the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

20.8% ±10.1% (461  ±240.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Newton County: 8.7% † 1,180 (±2.9% / ±389.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

88.1% ±21.5% (1,393  ±223.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 81.3% 7,993 (±5.8% / ±573)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
15.8% ±4.5% (249  ±85) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newton County: 8.8% † 865 (±2.1% / ±205.3)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

1.4% ±1.7% (31  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Newton County: 1% † 137 (±0.5% / ±64)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

10.3% ±5.1% (179  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 8.7% † 954 (±1.8% / ±201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
179 Total veterans ±94 165 Male ±90 14 Female ±20

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