Knox City vs Newark

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

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

Knox City has the higher population (143 vs 44 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $43,500 in Knox City). Since 2019, Newark's population has grown faster (-42.9% vs -46.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Knox City	Newark
Population	143	44
Median age	51.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,500	$65,625
Median home value	$57,500	—
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	81	60
Homeownership rate	85.4%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox City	Newark
Population	266 → 143 (-46.2%)	77 → 44 (-42.9%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $43,500 (+28.9%)	$30,625 → $65,625 (+114.3%)
Median home value	$33,600 → $57,500 (+71.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$338 → $725 (+114.5%)	—

Knox City

Population

266143

Median household income

$33,750$43,500

Median home value

$33,600$57,500

Median gross rent

$338$725

Newark

Population

7744

Median household income

$30,625$65,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox City	Newark
Under 5	0.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	25.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.1%	18.2%
35 to 44	2.8%	20.5%
45 to 54	25.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	29.5%
75 and over	7.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox City	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox City	Newark
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	68.5%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox City	Newark
Drove alone	89.3%	95.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox City	Newark
1-unit, detached	91.4%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	28.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Knox City	Newark
Poverty rate	0.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1938	1958