Newton is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 13,571 people and four associated neighborhoods, Newton is the 80th largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Newton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.62% of Newton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Newton is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newton who work in management occupations (10.63%), office and administrative support (9.47%), and sales jobs (6.57%). Also of interest is that Newton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Newton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Newton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.In terms of college education, Newton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.96% of adults 25 and older in Newton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Newton in 2022 was $31,528, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,112 for a family of four. However, Newton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Newton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Newton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Newton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Newton include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Newton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
