Newark vs Novelty

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

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

Novelty has the higher population (103 vs 44 in Newark). Novelty has the higher median household income ($83,409 vs $65,625 in Newark). Since 2019, Novelty's population has grown faster (-31.3% vs -42.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Novelty
Population	44	103
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$83,409
Median home value	—	$67,500
Housing units	60	65
Homeownership rate	85.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Novelty
Population	77 → 44 (-42.9%)	150 → 103 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $65,625 (+114.3%)	$43,438 → $83,409 (+92.0%)
Median home value	—	$41,400 → $67,500 (+63.0%)

Newark

Population

7744

Median household income

$30,625$65,625

Novelty

Population

150103

Median household income

$43,438$83,409

Median home value

$41,400$67,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Novelty
Under 5	6.8%	23.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.5%	22.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	29.5%	11.7%
75 and over	2.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Novelty
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
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	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Novelty
No high school diploma	8.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	59.5%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Novelty
Drove alone	95.8%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	25.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Novelty
1-unit, detached	53.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Novelty
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1958	1945