Mellott vs Newtown

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

Mellott 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 198 in Mellott). Mellott has the higher median household income ($84,792 vs $51,875 in Newtown). Mellott has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $84,300 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Mellott	Newtown
Population	198	250
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,792	$51,875
Median home value	$152,800	$84,300
Median gross rent	$480	$1,302
Housing units	80	126
Homeownership rate	84.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mellott	Newtown
Population	140 → 198 (+41.4%)	230 → 250 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $84,792 (+88.4%)	$59,688 → $51,875 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $152,800 (+97.2%)	$77,100 → $84,300 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $480 (-17.9%)	$688 → $1,302 (+89.2%)

Mellott

Population

140198

Median household income

$45,000$84,792

Median home value

$77,500$152,800

Median gross rent

$585$480

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)

	Mellott	Newtown
Under 5	9.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	26.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	1.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.6%
75 and over	8.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mellott	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	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	0.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mellott	Newtown
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	27.4%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mellott	Newtown
Drove alone	87.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mellott	Newtown
1-unit, detached	68.8%	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	31.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Mellott	Newtown
Poverty rate	11.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1965	1965