Newtown vs Wallace

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

Newtown and Wallace 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 136 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $51,875 in Newtown). Wallace has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $84,300 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Wallace
Population	250	136
Median age	37.0 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$65,625
Median home value	$84,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	$1,302	—
Housing units	126	41
Homeownership rate	77.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Wallace
Population	230 → 250 (+8.7%)	74 → 136 (+83.8%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $51,875 (-13.1%)	$55,625 → $65,625 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $84,300 (+9.3%)	$62,100 → $92,500 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,302 (+89.2%)	—

Newtown

Population

230250

Median household income

$59,688$51,875

Median home value

$77,100$84,300

Median gross rent

$688$1,302

Wallace

Population

74136

Median household income

$55,625$65,625

Median home value

$62,100$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Wallace
Under 5	4.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	24.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	22.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	2.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	3.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Wallace
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	45.4%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Wallace
Drove alone	79.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.1%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Wallace
1-unit, detached	88.1%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
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	11.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Newtown	Wallace
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.5%
Average household size	2.53	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1965	1938