Decatur vs Newton

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

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

Newton has the higher population (3,151 vs 2,025 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median household income ($47,258 vs $34,286 in Newton). Decatur has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $82,700 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Newton
Population	2,025	3,151
Median age	21.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,258	$34,286
Median home value	$125,800	$82,700
Median gross rent	$826	$709
Housing units	655	1,374
Homeownership rate	52.6%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Newton
Population	1,897 → 2,025 (+6.7%)	3,220 → 3,151 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $47,258 (+80.0%)	$26,530 → $34,286 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $125,800 (+18.3%)	$74,500 → $82,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $826 (+53.0%)	$670 → $709 (+5.8%)

Decatur

Population

1,8972,025

Median household income

$26,250$47,258

Median home value

$106,300$125,800

Median gross rent

$540$826

Newton

Population

3,2203,151

Median household income

$26,530$34,286

Median home value

$74,500$82,700

Median gross rent

$670$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Newton
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	38.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	4.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	11.9%
75 and over	5.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	25.1%
Black or African American	34.6%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Newton
No high school diploma	15.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Newton
Drove alone	89.8%	91.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Newton
1-unit, detached	64.7%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Newton
Poverty rate	37.0%	32.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1985	1972