Texas · Census place 4851372
Newton, Texas
Newton is a city in Newton County, Texas with an estimated 1,571 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 679th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,571
- #679 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -4.7%
- -77 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Density
- 288 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Newton population, 2020 to 2024
Newton lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Newton covers 5.45 square miles of land, for 288 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Newton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Newton is in
All of Newton's residents live in Newton County, which had 11,908 residents in 2024. Newton holds 13.2% 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: 75966. 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 30.850800, -93.754100. Austin, the capital, is 240.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jasper, TX (7,505 people), 15.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Beaumont, TX, 57.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.850800, -93.754100
- DMS
- 30°51'2.88"N 93°45'14.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 427896.2E 3413310.4N
- Geohash
- 9vmrd84qg
- Plus code
- 8628V62W+89
Daylight in Newton
At 30.85° N, Newton gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 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 Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Jasper, 15.0 miles away, with 7,505 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Newton, TX?
1,571 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (4.7%) from 1,648 in July 2020.
What county is Newton in?
Newton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Newton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75966.
How far is Newton from Austin?
240.5 miles (387.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Newton.
What is the nearest larger city to Newton?
Jasper, TX, with 7,505 residents, 15.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.