Newtown vs Spinnerstown

A side-by-side comparison of Newtown and Spinnerstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Newtown and Spinnerstown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newtown has the higher population (2,234 vs 1,894 in Spinnerstown). Spinnerstown has the higher median household income ($150,607 vs $146,765 in Newtown). Newtown has the higher median home value ($721,700 vs $418,800 in Spinnerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
Population	2,234	1,894
Median age	50.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$146,765	$150,607
Median home value	$721,700	$418,800
Median gross rent	$1,851	—
Housing units	961	642
Homeownership rate	74.5%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
Population	1,957 → 2,234 (+14.2%)	1,797 → 1,894 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $146,765 (+30.9%)	$118,750 → $150,607 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$560,300 → $721,700 (+28.8%)	$285,600 → $418,800 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,851 (+35.8%)	—

Newtown

Population

1,9572,234

Median household income

$112,083$146,765

Median home value

$560,300$721,700

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,851

Spinnerstown

Population

1,7971,894

Median household income

$118,750$150,607

Median home value

$285,600$418,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
Under 5	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	21.7%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	17.4%
75 and over	8.7%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
No high school diploma	1.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	8.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
Drove alone	70.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.4%	3.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	13.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
1-unit, detached	57.1%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newtown	Spinnerstown
Poverty rate	0.5%	0.1%
Average household size	2.34	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1938	1994