Best PlacesNewton Falls, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newton Falls, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Newton Falls ranks 26,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newton Falls
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Newton Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Newton Falls ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 77% of towns
Where Newton Falls ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,232 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newton Falls
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newton Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,651, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Newton Falls' effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Newton Falls
Newton Falls runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Newton Falls.
Who works in Newton Falls, and how
Work in Newton Falls centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Newton Falls
Newton Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Newton Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newton Falls, month by month
Newton Falls sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Newton Falls
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newton Falls
Schools across Newton Falls average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western Reserve Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Jackson-milton Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Labrae Intermediate SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson-milton Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Western Reserve Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Southeast Junior High SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson-milton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Labrae High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Western Reserve High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newton Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newton Falls measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Newton Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newton Falls
Is Newton Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newton Falls ranks 26,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and biking, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newton Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,323. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $60,651 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Newton Falls safe?
Newton Falls is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Newton Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newton Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newton Falls represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Newton Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newton Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newton Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newton Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newton Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newton Falls detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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