Pay and cost of living in Newton County, IN
Newton County, IN is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN labor market, and this page summarizes 141 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $62,300 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $173,760, and the lowest is Waiters and Waitresses at $31,200.
A one-bedroom apartment in Newton County, IN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,176 a month and a two-bedroom $1,429. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,896 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $55,288 a year, and every one of the 141 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Newton County, IN or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Newton County, IN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Newton County, IN, set beside the Indiana and national medians.
Median household income in Newton County, IN is $75,481, 5% above the Indiana median of $71,957 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,112) equals 18.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $62,300, is 17% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Newton County, IN pay a median of $1,323 a year in real estate taxes, 18% below the Indiana median of $1,614. With a median home value of $171,500, 21% below the Indiana median of $218,200, the ratio of the two medians is 0.77% a year.
Renters in Newton County, IN pay a median gross rent of $918 a month in the Census survey, 14% below the Indiana median of $1,062. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,176; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Newton County, IN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 33.0 minutes each way, 37% above the Indiana average of 24.1. 8.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.