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Newton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Newton city is a Census city of 2,534 people across 5.44 square miles of land, in Newton County. Median household income is $56,172, 66.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Newton
What Newton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.44 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land465
- 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
- Population2,534
- Median age37.2
- Population under 18640 plus or minus 134
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over330 plus or minus 100
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households821
- Family households585 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families71.3 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$56,172 plus or minus $18,969
- Per capita income$22,681
- Civilian labor force1,112
- Employed1,004
- Unemployed108 plus or minus 76
- Unemployment rate9.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over1,656
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent plus or minus 22.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
Housing in Newton
- Housing units956
- Occupied units821
- Vacant units135 plus or minus 65
- Vacancy rate14.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied545 plus or minus 128
- Renter occupied276 plus or minus 113
- Ownership rate66.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$102,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,032 plus or minus $267
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Single family units659 plus or minus 141
- Share single family68.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more75 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more7.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes222 plus or minus 101
- Median year structure built1974
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 commute923 plus or minus 186
- Commuting under 15 minutes249 plus or minus 88
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more466 plus or minus 157
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.5 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Drove alone78.3 percent
- Carpooled15.3 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newton
Flood risk in Newton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480500
- Currently effective map date11/16/18
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
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 County136
- Employment at those establishments, Newton County775
- Covered employment, Newton County1,257
- Average annual pay, Newton County$47,014
- Average weekly wage, Newton County$904
- County product, 2024, Newton County$576,325,000
- County product change over the prior year, Newton County-5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Newton County$47,250
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 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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, Texas?
2,534, in 821 households. Newton city covers 5.44 square miles of land, which is 465 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?
$56,172. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $102,100. Median gross rent is $1,032 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Newton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Newton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480500, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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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