Little Rock vs Newtown

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

Little Rock and Newtown are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newtown has the higher population (969 vs 560 in Little Rock). Little Rock has the higher median household income ($55,104 vs $33,214 in Newtown). Newtown has the higher median home value ($69,300 vs $62,700 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Newtown
Population	560	969
Median age	45.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,104	$33,214
Median home value	$62,700	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$960
Housing units	281	461
Homeownership rate	53.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Newtown
Population	848 → 560 (-34.0%)	1,293 → 969 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$21,528 → $55,104 (+156.0%)	$28,849 → $33,214 (+15.1%)
Median home value	—	$72,200 → $69,300 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $632 (+3.8%)	$777 → $960 (+23.6%)

Little Rock

Population

848560

Median household income

$21,528$55,104

Median gross rent

$609$632

Newtown

Population

1,293969

Median household income

$28,849$33,214

Median home value

$72,200$69,300

Median gross rent

$777$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Rock	Newtown
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	19.1%	2.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	18.9%	21.8%
75 and over	3.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	22.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	57.0%	87.0%
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	5.4%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Newtown
No high school diploma	61.2%	19.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	4.9%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Newtown
Drove alone	43.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	40.6%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	2.6%
Other means	4.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Newtown
1-unit, detached	41.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.2%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Newtown
Poverty rate	51.1%	40.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1993	1980