Baxter vs Newton

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

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

Newton has the higher population (15,696 vs 1,251 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $56,321 in Newton). Baxter has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $151,600 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Newton
Population	1,251	15,696
Median age	33.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$56,321
Median home value	$162,300	$151,600
Median gross rent	$693	$828
Housing units	480	7,472
Homeownership rate	75.2%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Newton
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	15,164 → 15,696 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$48,481 → $56,321 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$114,200 → $151,600 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$736 → $828 (+12.5%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Newton

Population

15,16415,696

Median household income

$48,481$56,321

Median home value

$114,200$151,600

Median gross rent

$736$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Newton
Under 5	10.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.9%
75 and over	7.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Newton
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Newton
Drove alone	83.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Newton
1-unit, detached	80.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Newton
Poverty rate	15.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1969	1964