Newton is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 3,108 people and just one neighborhood, Newton is the 91st largest community in Mississippi.
Newton is a blue-collar town, with 48.53% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Newton is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newton who work in sales jobs (15.97%), office and administrative support (8.84%), and healthcare suport services (6.98%).
There are many members of the armed forces living in Newton. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Newton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Newton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Newton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Newton may be for you.
Being a small city, Newton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Newton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.71% of adults in Newton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Newton in 2022 was $28,168, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,672 for a family of four. However, Newton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Newton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Newton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Newton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Newton include Irish, African, English, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Newton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 48.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.5% of American neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 91.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Newton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 48.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 18.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.6%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Newton, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report African roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (91.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.