Newton, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Newton is 10th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Newton is 14th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White

Newton is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Newton is 18th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	15,108	28th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	11.2	28th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,363.5	40th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	59th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	58th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.3%	18th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.2%	35th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.6%	41st	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	96.7%	14th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	58th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	28th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	62nd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	64th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	74th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	10th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	52.2%	25th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	68th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	7,339	24th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.7%	16th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	6,840	24th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.1%	74th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,400	51st	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	68th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$23,067	47th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$42,348	53rd	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.9%	26th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Newton	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,104	33rd	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$195,164	35th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,975	60th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$24,113	29th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732