Cates vs Newtown

A side-by-side comparison of Cates and Newtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Cates and Newtown are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newtown has the higher population (250 vs 110 in Cates). Newtown has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $11,540 in Cates). Since 2019, Newtown's population has grown faster (+8.7% vs -15.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cates	Newtown
Population	110	250
Median age	61.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$11,540	$51,875
Median home value	—	$84,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,302
Housing units	101	126
Homeownership rate	18.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	—	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cates	Newtown
Population	130 → 110 (-15.4%)	230 → 250 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$11,843 → $11,540 (-2.6%)	$59,688 → $51,875 (-13.1%)
Median home value	—	$77,100 → $84,300 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $1,302 (+89.2%)

Cates

Population

130110

Median household income

$11,843$11,540

Newtown

Population

230250

Median household income

$59,688$51,875

Median home value

$77,100$84,300

Median gross rent

$688$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cates	Newtown
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	18.0%
55 to 64	90.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cates	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cates	Newtown
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	100.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cates	Newtown
Drove alone	—	79.4%
Carpooled	—	6.2%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	7.2%
Other means	—	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cates	Newtown
1-unit, detached	0.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Cates	Newtown
Poverty rate	100.0%	4.0%
Average household size	1.09	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1985	1965