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Newtown borough, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Newtown borough is a Census borough of 1,898 people across 2.30 square miles of land, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $164,821, 87.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.7 m.
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Newtown
What Newtown is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land824
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestern Connecticut Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newtown
How many people live in Newtown
- Population1,898
- Median age43.7
- Population under 18425
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over391
- Share 65 and over20.6 percent
- Households719
- Family households548
- Share of households that are families76.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newtown
Income and work in Newtown
- Median household income$164,821
- Per capita income$74,707
- Civilian labor force1,049
- Employed1,014
- Unemployed35 plus or minus 17
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over1,337
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree25.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newtown
Housing in Newtown
- Housing units815
- Occupied units719
- Vacant units96 plus or minus 49
- Vacancy rate11.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied631
- Renter occupied88 plus or minus 37
- Ownership rate87.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$523,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,023 plus or minus $538
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units791
- Share single family97.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more2.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newtown
How Newtown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute689
- Commuting under 15 minutes210 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more277
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.2 percent
- Drove alone63.4 percent
- Carpooled3.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home31.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newtown
SBA loans in Newtown (7(a))
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$13,672,500
- Average approval$333,476
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$915,000
- Largest approval$1,757,500
- Jobs supported246
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.8 percent
- Share to franchises12.2 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS27
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Newtown
SBA loans in Newtown (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$11,428,000
- Average approval$601,474
- Median approval$514,000
- Largest approval$2,005,000
- Jobs supported112
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, not Newtown
Western Connecticut Planning Region context, not Newtown figures
These are Western Connecticut Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Newtown measurements.
- Establishments in Western Connecticut Planning Region19,955
- Employment at those establishments, Western Connecticut Planning Region292,288
- Covered employment, Western Connecticut Planning Region287,189
- Average annual pay, Western Connecticut Planning Region$129,052
- Average weekly wage, Western Connecticut Planning Region$2,482
- Housing units permitted, Western Connecticut Planning Region1,094
- Of those, single family, Western Connecticut Planning Region389
- County product, 2024, Western Connecticut Planning Region$76,343,680,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Western Connecticut Planning Region$254,936
Every figure in this section is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Newtown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Newtown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Newtown, Connecticut?
1,898, in 719 households. Newtown borough covers 2.30 square miles of land, which is 824 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Newtown in?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Newtown?
$164,821. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $523,200. Median gross rent is $2,023 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Newtown businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $13.7 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $11.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Newtown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Newtown borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Newtown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Newtown.
Is zoning published for Newtown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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