Hickory vs Newton

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

Hickory 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 472 in Hickory). Hickory has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $34,286 in Newton). Hickory has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $82,700 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory	Newton
Population	472	3,151
Median age	27.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$34,286
Median home value	$113,300	$82,700
Median gross rent	$845	$709
Housing units	211	1,374
Homeownership rate	69.7%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory	Newton
Population	632 → 472 (-25.3%)	3,220 → 3,151 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$26,226 → $63,750 (+143.1%)	$26,530 → $34,286 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $113,300 (+74.3%)	$74,500 → $82,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $845 (+118.3%)	$670 → $709 (+5.8%)

Hickory

Population

632472

Median household income

$26,226$63,750

Median home value

$65,000$113,300

Median gross rent

$387$845

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)

	Hickory	Newton
Under 5	8.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	27.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	3.4%	11.9%
75 and over	2.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	25.1%
Black or African American	50.8%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory	Newton
No high school diploma	8.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	26.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory	Newton
Drove alone	90.3%	91.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory	Newton
1-unit, detached	74.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Hickory	Newton
Poverty rate	5.7%	32.3%
Average household size	3.11	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1967	1972