Clarkston vs Newton

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

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

Newton has the higher population (899 vs 596 in Clarkston). Newton has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $65,625 in Clarkston). Newton has the higher median home value ($347,800 vs $286,700 in Clarkston).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkston	Newton
Population	596	899
Median age	42.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$80,000
Median home value	$286,700	$347,800
Median gross rent	$921	—
Housing units	294	250
Homeownership rate	94.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkston	Newton
Population	666 → 596 (-10.5%)	780 → 899 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$59,531 → $65,625 (+10.2%)	$70,000 → $80,000 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $286,700 (+79.3%)	$215,000 → $347,800 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $921 (+0.4%)	$638 → $628 (-1.6%)

Clarkston

Population

666596

Median household income

$59,531$65,625

Median home value

$159,900$286,700

Median gross rent

$917$921

Newton

Population

780899

Median household income

$70,000$80,000

Median home value

$215,000$347,800

Median gross rent

$638$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkston	Newton
Under 5	2.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	28.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.1%
75 and over	9.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkston	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkston	Newton
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkston	Newton
Drove alone	68.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	24.4%	13.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkston	Newton
1-unit, detached	96.3%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Clarkston	Newton
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.32	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1938	1975