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Newton city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Newton city is a Census city of 3,116 people across 7.15 square miles of land, in Newton County. Median household income is $32,157, 60.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $611,500.
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Newton
What Newton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.15 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land436
- County holding the largest share of its areaNewton County, 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.
Newton
How many people live in Newton
- Population3,116
- Median age43.3 plus or minus 12.4
- Population under 18609 plus or minus 202
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over714 plus or minus 190
- Share 65 and over22.9 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households1,243
- Family households698
- Share of households that are families56.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
Income and work in Newton
- Median household income$32,157 plus or minus $10,066
- Per capita income$28,449 plus or minus $9,945
- Civilian labor force1,195
- Employed1,116
- Unemployed79 plus or minus 79
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over2,164
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
Housing in Newton
- Housing units1,446
- Occupied units1,243
- Vacant units203 plus or minus 116
- Vacancy rate14.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied748 plus or minus 181
- Renter occupied495 plus or minus 183
- Ownership rate60.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$88,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$423 plus or minus $303
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Single family units1,085
- Share single family75.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more252 plus or minus 143
- Share in buildings of two or more17.4 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Mobile homes109 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
How Newton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,144
- Commuting under 15 minutes542 plus or minus 222
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.4 percent plus or minus 18.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more398 plus or minus 189
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.8 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Drove alone94.5 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home1.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
SBA 7(a) lending to Newton borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$611,500
- Average approval$203,833
- Median approval$255,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$312,300
- Largest approval$312,300
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval5.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Newton County, not Newton
Newton County context, not Newton figures
These are Newton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Newton measurements.
- Establishments in Newton County315
- Employment at those establishments, Newton County4,053
- Covered employment, Newton County5,127
- Average annual pay, Newton County$41,490
- Average weekly wage, Newton County$798
- Housing units permitted, Newton County0
- Of those, single family, Newton County0
- County product, 2024, Newton County$699,388,000
- County product change over the prior year, Newton County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Newton County$50,586
Every figure in this section is published for Newton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Newton. 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
Newton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Newton, Mississippi?
3,116, in 1,243 households. Newton city covers 7.15 square miles of land, which is 436 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Newton in?
Newton County, 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 Newton?
$32,157. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $88,800. Median gross rent is $423 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Newton businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $611,500, across 3 lenders, median approval $255,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Newton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Newton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Newton. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Newton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Newton County 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 Newton.
Is zoning published for Newton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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