Level Plains vs Newton

A side-by-side comparison of Level Plains and Newton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Level Plains has the higher population (1,608 vs 1,431 in Newton). Level Plains has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $59,915 in Newton). Level Plains has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $90,000 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Level Plains	Newton
Population	1,608	1,431
Median age	47.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$59,915
Median home value	$125,300	$90,000
Median gross rent	$826	$685
Housing units	804	735
Homeownership rate	81.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Level Plains	Newton
Population	2,102 → 1,608 (-23.5%)	1,869 → 1,431 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $64,167 (+5.2%)	$54,931 → $59,915 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $125,300 (-20.2%)	$89,900 → $90,000 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $826 (-34.7%)	$809 → $685 (-15.3%)

Level Plains

Population

2,1021,608

Median household income

$60,969$64,167

Median home value

$157,100$125,300

Median gross rent

$1,264$826

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)

	Level Plains	Newton
Under 5	3.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.2%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Level Plains	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	22.6%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Level Plains	Newton
No high school diploma	14.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Level Plains	Newton
Drove alone	84.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.8%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Level Plains	Newton
1-unit, detached	69.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Level Plains	Newton
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1989	1974