Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Newport Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and history; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 24 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. 19% of the land in Newport Township is conserved, against 3.7% in Ohio’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Hildreth Covered Bridge and Judge Joseph Barker Jr. House. Newport Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newport Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Hildreth Covered BridgeWhere Newport Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Newport Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Newport Township.
46% of Newport Township adults have obesity, where Ohio’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 35%. 43% of Newport Township adults have high blood pressure. Newport Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Newport Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Newport Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.7% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Frontier Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 217 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
The typical Newport Township home is worth about $156,000, up 4.8% in a year, 36% below the Ohio typical home. 88% of households own their home in Newport Township.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Newport Township’s FEMA risk score is 81 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Newport Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Newport Township is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Newport Township has added 47 jobs, to 333 in 2023.
| Newport Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
27 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Newport Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 23° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newport Township. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Zoo & aquariumThe Wilds
9 mi MuseumCampus Martius Museum
9 mi MuseumOhio River Museum
9 mi MuseumThe Castle
24 mi MuseumBeauchamp-Newman HouseThe Wilds: Bikingshaun (talk), CC BY 3.0 · Campus Martius Museum: Snoopywv, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ohio River Museum: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Castle: Chrispainter1966, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Beauchamp-Newman House: mjswisher79, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newport Township
About 9 of every 100 Newport Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Newport Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Newport Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,901 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Newport Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Newport | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Lawrence Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marietta Township | #912 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Independence Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Newport Township and Newport have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Newport Township, Newport and Marietta Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lawrence Township and Independence Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Newport Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
