Newton, Kansas

Newton population, 2020 to 2024

Newton lost 253 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Newton is 1.6 times that size.

Newton covers 14.84 square miles of land, for 1,235 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Newton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newton is in

All of Newton's residents live in Harvey County, which had 33,642 residents in 2024. Newton holds 54.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67114. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Newton is

The Census internal point of Newton is at 38.037700, -97.345000. Topeka, the capital, is 113.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wichita, KS (400,991 people), 24.0 miles away.

Daylight in Newton

At 38.04° N, Newton gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is North Newton, 2.8 miles away, with 1,798 people.