Newton vs Ste. Marie

A side-by-side comparison of Newton and Ste. Marie: population, income, housing, and more.

Newton and Ste. Marie are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newton has the higher population (2,852 vs 266 in Ste. Marie). Ste. Marie has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $58,564 in Newton). Ste. Marie has the higher median home value ($103,900 vs $98,900 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Newton	Ste. Marie
Population	2,852	266
Median age	44.1 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,564	$80,417
Median home value	$98,900	$103,900
Median gross rent	$745	$263
Housing units	1,460	100
Homeownership rate	72.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton	Ste. Marie
Population	2,810 → 2,852 (+1.5%)	344 → 266 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$36,835 → $58,564 (+59.0%)	$55,000 → $80,417 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $98,900 (+34.9%)	$73,500 → $103,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $745 (+44.7%)	$200 → $263 (+31.5%)

Newton

Population

2,8102,852

Median household income

$36,835$58,564

Median home value

$73,300$98,900

Median gross rent

$515$745

Ste. Marie

Population

344266

Median household income

$55,000$80,417

Median home value

$73,500$103,900

Median gross rent

$200$263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton	Ste. Marie
Under 5	5.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.0%
75 and over	12.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton	Ste. Marie
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton	Ste. Marie
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton	Ste. Marie
Drove alone	78.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton	Ste. Marie
1-unit, detached	84.4%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Newton	Ste. Marie
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1959	1967