Midland City vs Newton

A side-by-side comparison of Midland City and Newton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Midland City has the higher population (1,803 vs 1,431 in Newton). Newton has the higher median household income ($59,915 vs $35,638 in Midland City). Midland City has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $90,000 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Midland City	Newton
Population	1,803	1,431
Median age	34.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,638	$59,915
Median home value	$153,400	$90,000
Median gross rent	$581	$685
Housing units	1,031	735
Homeownership rate	30.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland City	Newton
Population	1,961 → 1,803 (-8.1%)	1,869 → 1,431 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$27,895 → $35,638 (+27.8%)	$54,931 → $59,915 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $153,400 (+52.2%)	$89,900 → $90,000 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $581 (-10.2%)	$809 → $685 (-15.3%)

Midland City

Population

1,9611,803

Median household income

$27,895$35,638

Median home value

$100,800$153,400

Median gross rent

$647$581

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)

	Midland City	Newton
Under 5	3.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	24.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.2%
75 and over	3.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland City	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	83.8%
Black or African American	41.2%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland City	Newton
No high school diploma	19.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland City	Newton
Drove alone	87.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland City	Newton
1-unit, detached	47.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Midland City	Newton
Poverty rate	21.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1978	1974