Coahoma County vs Newton County

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

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

Newton County has the higher population (21,151 vs 20,808 in Coahoma County). Newton County has the higher median household income ($50,426 vs $36,259 in Coahoma County). Newton County has the higher median home value ($102,700 vs $86,400 in Coahoma County).

Population, income & housing

	Coahoma County	Newton County
Population	20,808	21,151
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,259	$50,426
Median home value	$86,400	$102,700
Median gross rent	$719	$722
Housing units	10,188	9,145
Homeownership rate	52.0%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coahoma County	Newton County
Population	23,255 → 20,808 (-10.5%)	21,360 → 21,151 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$29,121 → $36,259 (+24.5%)	$35,958 → $50,426 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $86,400 (+26.5%)	$85,600 → $102,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$658 → $722 (+9.7%)

Coahoma County

Population

23,25520,808

Median household income

$29,121$36,259

Median home value

$68,300$86,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Newton County

Population

21,36021,151

Median household income

$35,958$50,426

Median home value

$85,600$102,700

Median gross rent

$658$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coahoma County	Newton County
Under 5	7.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coahoma County	Newton County
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	58.8%
Black or African American	75.9%	31.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coahoma County	Newton County
No high school diploma	18.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coahoma County	Newton County
Drove alone	77.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coahoma County	Newton County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Coahoma County	Newton County
Poverty rate	36.3%	22.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1971	1984