Newton vs Stanhope

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

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

Newton has the higher population (8,336 vs 3,551 in Stanhope). Stanhope has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $73,679 in Newton). Stanhope has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $282,300 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Newton	Stanhope
Population	8,336	3,551
Median age	42.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,679	$134,583
Median home value	$282,300	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,383	$1,796
Housing units	3,794	1,359
Homeownership rate	58.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton	Stanhope
Population	7,910 → 8,336 (+5.4%)	3,346 → 3,551 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$68,365 → $73,679 (+7.8%)	$95,819 → $134,583 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$212,200 → $282,300 (+33.0%)	$247,400 → $326,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,383 (+17.7%)	$1,657 → $1,796 (+8.4%)

Newton

Population

7,9108,336

Median household income

$68,365$73,679

Median home value

$212,200$282,300

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,383

Stanhope

Population

3,3463,551

Median household income

$95,819$134,583

Median home value

$247,400$326,000

Median gross rent

$1,657$1,796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton	Stanhope
Under 5	5.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	9.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton	Stanhope
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	7.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton	Stanhope
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton	Stanhope
Drove alone	80.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.8%
Walked	2.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton	Stanhope
1-unit, detached	53.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newton	Stanhope
Poverty rate	15.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1960	1969