Newton is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 8,466 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Newton is the 234th largest community in New Jersey. Newton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Also of interest is that Newton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small town, Newton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Newton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.18% of adults in Newton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Newton in 2018 was $39,363, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,452 for a family of four. However, Newton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Newton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Newton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Newton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Newton include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Newton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.