Lafayette County vs Newton County

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

Lafayette County and Newton County are counties in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newton County has the higher population (7,175 vs 6,211 in Lafayette County). Newton County has the higher median household income ($47,395 vs $37,237 in Lafayette County). Newton County has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $74,600 in Lafayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette County	Newton County
Population	6,211	7,175
Median age	48.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,237	$47,395
Median home value	$74,600	$178,800
Median gross rent	$711	$629
Housing units	3,940	4,107
Homeownership rate	77.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette County	Newton County
Population	6,800 → 6,211 (-8.7%)	7,812 → 7,175 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$32,397 → $37,237 (+14.9%)	$38,082 → $47,395 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $74,600 (+15.5%)	$114,700 → $178,800 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $711 (+50.3%)	$547 → $629 (+15.0%)

Lafayette County

Population

6,8006,211

Median household income

$32,397$37,237

Median home value

$64,600$74,600

Median gross rent

$473$711

Newton County

Population

7,8127,175

Median household income

$38,082$47,395

Median home value

$114,700$178,800

Median gross rent

$547$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette County	Newton County
Under 5	3.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.0%
75 and over	10.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette County	Newton County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	35.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette County	Newton County
No high school diploma	18.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	47.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette County	Newton County
Drove alone	84.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	15.7%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette County	Newton County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette County	Newton County
Poverty rate	27.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1977	1981