Newton vs South Toledo Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Newton and South Toledo Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Newton and South Toledo Bend are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newton has the higher population (2,225 vs 304 in South Toledo Bend). South Toledo Bend has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $51,563 in Newton). South Toledo Bend has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $95,800 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
Population	2,225	304
Median age	37.8 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,563	$58,750
Median home value	$95,800	$119,300
Median gross rent	$1,005	—
Housing units	938	536
Homeownership rate	64.5%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
Population	2,199 → 2,225 (+1.2%)	468 → 304 (-35.0%)
Median household income	$39,844 → $51,563 (+29.4%)	$74,479 → $58,750 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $95,800 (+21.3%)	$168,800 → $119,300 (-29.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $1,005 (+52.3%)	—

Newton

Population

2,1992,225

Median household income

$39,844$51,563

Median home value

$79,000$95,800

Median gross rent

$660$1,005

South Toledo Bend

Population

468304

Median household income

$74,479$58,750

Median home value

$168,800$119,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
Under 5	5.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	4.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	38.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	24.3%
75 and over	6.9%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	20.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
No high school diploma	8.3%	22.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
Drove alone	82.1%	41.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	41.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
1-unit, detached	52.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Newton	South Toledo Bend
Poverty rate	26.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.65	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	43	—
Median year structure built	1976	1986