Newark vs Runaway Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Newark and Runaway Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Newark and Runaway Bay are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Runaway Bay has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,221 in Newark). Runaway Bay has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $57,000 in Newark). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $105,900 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Runaway Bay
Population	1,221	1,522
Median age	33.1 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,000	$83,333
Median home value	$105,900	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,172
Housing units	470	808
Homeownership rate	76.2%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Runaway Bay
Population	1,290 → 1,221 (-5.3%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $57,000 (+4.0%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $105,900 (+22.6%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,144 (+31.8%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

Newark

Population

1,2901,221

Median household income

$54,792$57,000

Median home value

$86,400$105,900

Median gross rent

$868$1,144

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Runaway Bay
Under 5	8.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	19.0%
75 and over	5.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	18.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	69.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	17.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	19.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	45.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	13.2%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	26.6%	5.1%
Average household size	3.13	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1994	1986