Newton County vs Rains County

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

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

Rains County has the higher population (12,505 vs 12,193 in Newton County). Rains County has the higher median household income ($64,874 vs $41,044 in Newton County). Rains County has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $83,100 in Newton County).

Population, income & housing

	Newton County	Rains County
Population	12,193	12,505
Median age	45.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,044	$64,874
Median home value	$83,100	$214,900
Median gross rent	$877	$895
Housing units	6,460	5,858
Homeownership rate	81.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newton County	Rains County
Population	13,914 → 12,193 (-12.4%)	11,766 → 12,505 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$40,101 → $41,044 (+2.4%)	$51,579 → $64,874 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $83,100 (+2.3%)	$127,900 → $214,900 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $877 (+25.5%)	$733 → $895 (+22.1%)

Newton County

Population

13,91412,193

Median household income

$40,101$41,044

Median home value

$81,200$83,100

Median gross rent

$699$877

Rains County

Population

11,76612,505

Median household income

$51,579$64,874

Median home value

$127,900$214,900

Median gross rent

$733$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newton County	Rains County
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newton County	Rains County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	83.0%
Black or African American	17.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newton County	Rains County
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	49.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newton County	Rains County
Drove alone	86.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newton County	Rains County
1-unit, detached	46.1%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Newton County	Rains County
Poverty rate	22.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1988	1995