Lowndes County vs Newton County

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

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

Lowndes County has the higher population (119,055 vs 115,530 in Newton County). Newton County has the higher median household income ($73,732 vs $55,887 in Lowndes County). Newton County has the higher median home value ($233,300 vs $197,900 in Lowndes County).

Population, income & housing

	Lowndes County	Newton County
Population	119,055	115,530
Median age	31.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,887	$73,732
Median home value	$197,900	$233,300
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,331
Housing units	50,323	42,836
Homeownership rate	56.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowndes County	Newton County
Population	115,364 → 119,055 (+3.2%)	108,079 → 115,530 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$42,441 → $55,887 (+31.7%)	$56,316 → $73,732 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $197,900 (+40.8%)	$151,800 → $233,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $1,002 (+24.9%)	$1,010 → $1,331 (+31.8%)

Lowndes County

Population

115,364119,055

Median household income

$42,441$55,887

Median home value

$140,600$197,900

Median gross rent

$802$1,002

Newton County

Population

108,079115,530

Median household income

$56,316$73,732

Median home value

$151,800$233,300

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowndes County	Newton County
Under 5	6.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	15.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowndes County	Newton County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	40.4%
Black or African American	37.0%	47.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowndes County	Newton County
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowndes County	Newton County
Drove alone	83.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.0%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowndes County	Newton County
1-unit, detached	68.9%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowndes County	Newton County
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1992	1998