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Newton Municipal School, MS

6,750 Population
137.1 square miles 49.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Newton County: 38.6 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,061 ±$4,929 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $28,694 † ±$3,196
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,466 ±$4,038 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newton County: $50,540 † ±$5,200
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.6% ±11.6% (2,323  ±792) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Newton County: 24.7% † 4,952 (±3.7% / ±748)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±4.2 (51,680  ±10,866) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 27.9 217,150 (±2.1 / ±20,627)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,459 ±289 Number of households
  • Newton County: 7,713 ±243
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (6,590  ±741) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newton County: 2.6 20,229 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.4% ±8.6% (218  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Newton County: 6.9% † 334 (±3% / ±148)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,918 ±336 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 9,160 ±30
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,400 ±$10,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newton County: $106,300 † ±$11,640
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±3.8% (487  ±258.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Newton County: 7.2% † 1,508 (±1.9% / ±402.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±6.3% (3,860  ±479.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newton County: 85.8% 11,690 (±5.2% / ±740)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±4.1% (724  ±196.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Newton County: 19.3% † 2,634 (±2.8% / ±388.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half 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

0.4% ±0.6% (29  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Newton County: 1.4% 300
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.7% (425  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 6.7% † 1,057 (±1.3% / ±212)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
425 Total veterans ±148 362 Male ±138 63 Female ±46

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