Fort Rucker vs Newton

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Rucker and Newton: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Rucker and Newton are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Rucker has the higher population (5,221 vs 1,431 in Newton). Fort Rucker has the higher median household income ($75,875 vs $59,915 in Newton). Since 2019, Fort Rucker's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -23.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Rucker	Newton
Population	5,221	1,431
Median age	24.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,875	$59,915
Median home value	—	$90,000
Median gross rent	$1,402	$685
Housing units	1,581	735
Homeownership rate	1.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Rucker	Newton
Population	5,311 → 5,221 (-1.7%)	1,869 → 1,431 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$70,024 → $75,875 (+8.4%)	$54,931 → $59,915 (+9.1%)
Median home value	—	$89,900 → $90,000 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,402 (+20.3%)	$809 → $685 (-15.3%)

Fort Rucker

Population

5,3115,221

Median household income

$70,024$75,875

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,402

Newton

Population

1,8691,431

Median household income

$54,931$59,915

Median home value

$89,900$90,000

Median gross rent

$809$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Rucker	Newton
Under 5	17.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	13.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	36.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	0.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.5%	12.2%
75 and over	0.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Rucker	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	8.1%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Rucker	Newton
No high school diploma	2.9%	17.7%
High school graduate	11.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Rucker	Newton
Drove alone	71.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Rucker	Newton
1-unit, detached	59.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Rucker	Newton
Poverty rate	13.3%	13.9%
Average household size	3.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1988	1974