Newton, Mississippi.
Typical home $114,635 (-4.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$234 (+64%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $5,006 -4%
- $119,641$114,635 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $20,773 -15%
- $135,408$114,635 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Newton$602
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Newton, MS fell 4.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Newton, Newton County, Mississippi
Newton is a city of 3,195 people in Newton County. Unemployment in Newton County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Newton County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Newton is a small city in Newton County, Mississippi, and it has the feel of a place where people know one another. Incomes across the county run on the modest side, and homes in town are priced low compared with much of the country. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and rainy through much of the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and government also employing many people. Among the largest workplaces in town are the Newton Municipal School District, Bedford Care Center of Newton and Southern Pine Electric. Very few residents work from home, and a four-year degree is held by a smaller share of adults than in many places. Jobs across the county slipped slightly last year, while unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier.
Things to do. Tarlow Creek runs in or beside town, and Bogue Falema Creek and Tallashua Creek are each a short drive away, which makes the area good for time near the water. For a longer drive, Bienville National Forest is a large protected area of woods, and Harrell Prairie Botanical Area is another protected area farther out.
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- 1,243households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 1%work from home
What people in Newton County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newton County had 5,081 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 69°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newton Experiment Station weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Newton
- Newton Municipal School DistrictSchool district146FTE
- Bedford Care Center of NewtonSkilled nursing facilities77
- Southern Pine ElectricDistribution of electric power31
- Ochsner Health Center - Newton/Ochsner Senior Care - NewtonOffices of physicians23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 131 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Newton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Newton County.
Newton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Newton$114,635
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Newton12
Zip codes with a Newton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Newton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.