Newtonville vs Sweetwater

A side-by-side comparison of Newtonville and Sweetwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Newtonville and Sweetwater are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newtonville has the higher population (915 vs 805 in Sweetwater). Newtonville has the higher median household income ($108,470 vs $104,191 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($521,500 vs $211,000 in Newtonville).

Population, income & housing

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
Population	915	805
Median age	29.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,470	$104,191
Median home value	$211,000	$521,500
Housing units	375	265
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
Population	781 → 915 (+17.2%)	947 → 805 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$82,746 → $108,470 (+31.1%)	$85,453 → $104,191 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $211,000 (+35.6%)	$237,200 → $521,500 (+119.9%)

Newtonville

Population

781915

Median household income

$82,746$108,470

Median home value

$155,600$211,000

Sweetwater

Population

947805

Median household income

$85,453$104,191

Median home value

$237,200$521,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.1%
25 to 34	26.7%	4.3%
35 to 44	23.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	2.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	29.0%	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	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
Drove alone	86.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newtonville	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.80	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1992	1974