Blackford County vs Newton County

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

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

Newton County has the higher population (13,859 vs 12,007 in Blackford County). Newton County has the higher median household income ($68,596 vs $47,560 in Blackford County). Newton County has the higher median home value ($159,300 vs $96,700 in Blackford County).

Population, income & housing

	Blackford County	Newton County
Population	12,007	13,859
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,560	$68,596
Median home value	$96,700	$159,300
Median gross rent	$635	$927
Housing units	5,863	6,059
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackford County	Newton County
Population	12,013 → 12,007 (-0.0%)	13,992 → 13,859 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$43,505 → $47,560 (+9.3%)	$55,356 → $68,596 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $96,700 (+37.0%)	$118,400 → $159,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $635 (-1.4%)	$707 → $927 (+31.1%)

Blackford County

Population

12,01312,007

Median household income

$43,505$47,560

Median home value

$70,600$96,700

Median gross rent

$644$635

Newton County

Population

13,99213,859

Median household income

$55,356$68,596

Median home value

$118,400$159,300

Median gross rent

$707$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackford County	Newton County
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.6%
75 and over	9.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackford County	Newton County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackford County	Newton County
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	49.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackford County	Newton County
Drove alone	77.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackford County	Newton County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Blackford County	Newton County
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1959	1971