Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Newton Falls gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $176K, 3.1 years of the Youngstown metro’s $57K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 709th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $51K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 95% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. 11% of residents are under 18 in Newton Falls, below both Ohio’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 85 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on history.
Where Newton Falls beats most towns.
Where Newton Falls’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 Newton Falls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 575 in 1880, 4,557 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1856 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newton Falls, 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 Newton Falls.
Most working residents leave Newton Falls for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Newton Falls fell to 1,139 in 2023, 185 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Lordstown (5%), Ravenna (4%) and Warren (4%).
| Newton Falls | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $51,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
49% of Newton Falls households own their home. Typical home values rose 7.6% in the year to September 2026. Newton Falls’ median rent is $745 a month.
| Newton Falls | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $745 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 5,969 U.S. towns with household incomes like Newton Falls’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Newton Falls beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 14% of adults have diabetes in Newton Falls.
| Newton Falls | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Newton Falls | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.5% | 15.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Newton Falls has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Newton Falls.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rotary Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newton Falls. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
27 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
24 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
40 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a year
34 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
39 mi LandmarkJames A. Garfield MemorialPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art: zenbikescience, CC BY 2.0 · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · James A. Garfield Memorial: zzzuucx, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newton Falls
About 0 of every 100 Newton Falls residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Newton Falls is a village in southwestern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,557 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. The city takes its name from the two sets of waterfalls within the village, each on different branches of the Mahoning River. The city is known for its notable ZIP code (44444) and for its covered bridge, which is the second oldest in the state of Ohio.
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3 towns share a border with Newton Falls.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Falls | #709 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Braceville Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Newton Township | #773 | C | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| South Canal | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Braceville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Newton Falls, Braceville Township and Newton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. South Canal isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Newton Falls with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Newton Falls grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #709 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
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 B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Clara Louise Bell and Jack Walton.
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