Newark vs Stockton

A side-by-side comparison of Newark and Stockton: population, income, housing, and more.

Newark and Stockton are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newark has the higher population (347 vs 85 in Stockton). Newark has the higher median household income ($105,093 vs $82,250 in Stockton). Since 2019, Stockton's population has grown faster (-1.2% vs -39.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Stockton
Population	347	85
Median age	50.8 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,093	$82,250
Median home value	$337,000	—
Housing units	140	78
Homeownership rate	68.6%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Stockton
Population	572 → 347 (-39.3%)	86 → 85 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$89,315 → $105,093 (+17.7%)	$63,021 → $82,250 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$583,300 → $337,000 (-42.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,552 (-2.7%)	—

Newark

Population

572347

Median household income

$89,315$105,093

Median home value

$583,300$337,000

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,552

Stockton

Population

8685

Median household income

$63,021$82,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Stockton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	30.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	27.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	18.8%
75 and over	3.2%	23.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	57.6%
Black or African American	14.7%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	19.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Stockton
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Stockton
Drove alone	50.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	0.0%
Other means	18.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Stockton
1-unit, detached	87.9%	100.0%
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	12.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Stockton
Poverty rate	13.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	48	—
Median year structure built	1997	1992