Newport TownshipIL
A town of 6,768, settled in 1851.
Is Newport Township a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Newport Township grades B overall, 443rd of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Natural-hazard risk is low. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $350K for a typical one and 3.9 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 20% of the land in Newport Township is conserved, where Illinois’ towns sit at 3.6% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Wadsworth Savanna Forest Preserve, at 1,230 acres. Newport Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns.
What makes Newport Township stand out
Where Newport Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Newport Township for work
Where Newport Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Newport Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Newport Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Six Flags Great America and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newport Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
31 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
28 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
39 mi Park & preserveLincoln Park
34 mi MuseumIllinois Railway MuseumPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Park: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Newport Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newport Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Newport Township.
Newport Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Newport Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 97% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $326 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
At 12 of 100, Newport Township’s FEMA risk score is below both the Illinois town median (50 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 2000, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Newport Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Newport Township’s schools rank ahead of 56% of Illinois districts
One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 711 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Newport Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Newport Township for work: only 4% work in town. The median household income in Newport Township is $125,000. Jobs based in Newport Township grew to 1,374 in 2023, 97 more than in 2013.
| Newport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $125,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Newport Township is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,051 U.S. towns with household incomes like Newport Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Newport Township beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Newport Township.
| Newport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Newport Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15% | 17.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Newport Township has set aside 19.7% of its land for conservation
5.0 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Waukegan Savanna Forest Preserve | 3.4 mi | 278 |
| 2. Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve | 0.5 mi | 979 |
| 3. Sedge Meadow Forest Preserve | 0.4 mi | 282 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Newport Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Newport Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Newport Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Illinois overall
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 42% of Newport Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Newport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 45.6 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 63% are men (IL 41%).
| Newport Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Newport Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Newport Township
About 7 of every 100 Newport Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Newport Township
Township in the United States
Newport Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,831. It includes most parts of the villages of Old Mill Creek and Wadsworth, as well as smaller portions of the villages of Antioch, Beach Park, and a corner of the city of Waukegan. The unincorporated communities of Rosecrans and Russell are also within the township, and the unincorporated community of Millburn is also located partially within Newport Township.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 669 ft
Newport Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Newport Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Township | #443 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Zion · Zion Township | #698 | D | C+ | C | D | C |
| Wadsworth | #499 | B− | C | — | C | A |
| Benton Township | #643 | C− | C | — | C− | C+ |
| Warren Township | #362 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
| Antioch Township | #397 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Beach Park | #606 | C | C+ | — | D | B− |
| Old Mill Creek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Newport Township, Wadsworth, Benton Township, Warren Township, Antioch Township and Beach Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Old Mill Creek isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Zion Township and Zion are one community, graded once. Compare Newport Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Newport Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Newport Township, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Newport Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #443 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Newport Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.