Newton vs Sully

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

Newton and Sully 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 1,092 in Sully). Sully has the higher median household income ($86,576 vs $56,321 in Newton). Sully has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $151,600 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Newton	Sully
Population	15,696	1,092
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,321	$86,576
Median home value	$151,600	$165,600
Median gross rent	$828	$940
Housing units	7,472	440
Homeownership rate	65.7%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton	Sully
Population	15,164 → 15,696 (+3.5%)	828 → 1,092 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$48,481 → $56,321 (+16.2%)	$69,250 → $86,576 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $151,600 (+32.7%)	$121,100 → $165,600 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $828 (+12.5%)	$722 → $940 (+30.2%)

Newton

Population

15,16415,696

Median household income

$48,481$56,321

Median home value

$114,200$151,600

Median gross rent

$736$828

Sully

Population

8281,092

Median household income

$69,250$86,576

Median home value

$121,100$165,600

Median gross rent

$722$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton	Sully
Under 5	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.0%
75 and over	11.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton	Sully
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton	Sully
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton	Sully
Drove alone	78.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton	Sully
1-unit, detached	70.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newton	Sully
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1964	1965