Household incomes in Newport Township top those of 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Newport Township itself; outside it, Waukegan draws the most (12%, 7 miles). 6.2% of residents live below the poverty line; Illinois has 11.8%. The two grades for Newport Township are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How Newport Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newport Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #314 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Newport Township’s grade up ($125,074, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newport Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Who leaves Newport Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,050 residents head out to work, 143 work right here, and 1,231 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Newport Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Newport Township: the destinations
Where Newport Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Newport Township: what the 1,374 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newport Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,277 → 1,374. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newport Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,802 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Newport Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Newport Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newport Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #539 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,135 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Newport Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Newport Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,070th of 3,253: where Newport Township ranks among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,068 | Archbald PA | 7,598 | $72K | 8.2% | 1.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Berryville VA | 4,828 | $103K | 10.6% | 1.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Newport Township IL | 6,768 | $125K | 6.2% | 7.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Barre MA | 5,641 | $108K | 8.2% | 2.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,072 | East Hanover Township PA | 6,100 | $100K | 5.7% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Newport Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Newport Township
The biggest share goes to Zion (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newport Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Township | – | B+ | B− | 27 min | $125,074 |
| Zion | 3% | C+ | A− | 28 min | $63,104 |
| Zion Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wadsworth | 3% | B | C | 27 min | $142,738 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 29 min | $82,995 |
| Warren Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,155 |
| Antioch Township | under 3% | B | B | 32 min | $101,932 |
| Beach Park | under 3% | B | A− | 28 min | $85,664 |
| Old Mill Creek | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lindenhurst | under 3% | A− | C+ | 34 min | $131,474 |
Same-state neighbors only. Zion Township: not graded. Old Mill Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newport Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Newport Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newport Township?
$125,074 (±$25,609) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport Township?
6.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waukegan (12%, 7 mi), Chicago (9%, 45 mi), Gurnee (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newport Township walkable?
Newport Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newport Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newport Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newport Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.