Newton County vs Tipton County

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

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

Tipton County has the higher population (15,329 vs 13,859 in Newton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($78,309 vs $68,596 in Newton County). Tipton County has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $159,300 in Newton County).

Population, income & housing

	Newton County	Tipton County
Population	13,859	15,329
Median age	43.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,596	$78,309
Median home value	$159,300	$166,000
Median gross rent	$927	$854
Housing units	6,059	6,836
Homeownership rate	80.2%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton County	Tipton County
Population	13,992 → 13,859 (-1.0%)	15,162 → 15,329 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$55,356 → $68,596 (+23.9%)	$58,118 → $78,309 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $159,300 (+34.5%)	$116,000 → $166,000 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $927 (+31.1%)	$798 → $854 (+7.0%)

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

Tipton County

Population

15,16215,329

Median household income

$58,118$78,309

Median home value

$116,000$166,000

Median gross rent

$798$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton County	Tipton County
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.5%
75 and over	8.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton County	Tipton County
Drove alone	78.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Newton County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1971	1963