Newton vs Sedgwick

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

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

Newton has the higher population (18,443 vs 1,702 in Sedgwick). Sedgwick has the higher median household income ($81,912 vs $67,015 in Newton). Sedgwick has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $151,800 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Newton	Sedgwick
Population	18,443	1,702
Median age	39.9 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,015	$81,912
Median home value	$151,800	$170,900
Median gross rent	$903	$933
Housing units	8,259	597
Homeownership rate	67.4%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton	Sedgwick
Population	18,877 → 18,443 (-2.3%)	1,467 → 1,702 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$55,405 → $67,015 (+21.0%)	$50,000 → $81,912 (+63.8%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $151,800 (+41.2%)	$133,600 → $170,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $903 (+20.9%)	$787 → $933 (+18.6%)

Newton

Population

18,87718,443

Median household income

$55,405$67,015

Median home value

$107,500$151,800

Median gross rent

$747$903

Sedgwick

Population

1,4671,702

Median household income

$50,000$81,912

Median home value

$133,600$170,900

Median gross rent

$787$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton	Sedgwick
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	30.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.9%
75 and over	8.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton	Sedgwick
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton	Sedgwick
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton	Sedgwick
Drove alone	77.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton	Sedgwick
1-unit, detached	78.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Newton	Sedgwick
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1965	1977