Newton, Texas.
Typical home $139,839 (+6.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$285 (+64%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,261 +6%
- $131,578$139,839 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $3,383 +2%
- $136,456$139,839 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$734
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Newton, TX rose 6.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Newton, Newton County, Texas
Newton is a city of 1,633 people in Newton County. Unemployment in Newton County was 6.8% in August 2026, and the county had 3.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 the piney woods of East Texas and the seat of Newton County. Its people are somewhat younger than the typical American, and a good many households here live on incomes below what is common elsewhere in the country. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and most daily life runs on local schools, shops and neighbors who know one another.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants, hotels and entertainment, other services, and farming, forestry and mining also employing many. Across Newton County, the largest workplaces include Newton ISD, Brookshire Brothers and NRG. Jobs across the county have slipped over the past year, and unemployment is unchanged from a year ago. Few people work from home.
Things to do. Water is the main draw nearby. Toledo Bend Reservoir, a large reservoir, and Sam Rayburn Reservoir are both a longer drive away, as is Martin Dies, Jr. State Park, a protected area good for a day among the pines. Winters are mild and brief, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the area is wet through the year.
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- 821households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newton County had 1,211 jobs in 2025, 3.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 71°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Toledo Bend Dam weather station, 25 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Newton County
- Newton ISDSchool district200FTE
- Deweyville ISDSchool district108FTE
- Brookshire BrothersGrocery stores53
- Burkeville ISDSchool district43FTE
- NRGElectric power generation, fossil fuel30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 83 people in all across the county; Newton has two of its own. 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
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
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$139,839
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Newton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Newton31.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Newton24
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
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.