Newtown Borough is a walkable historic downtown surrounded by Newtown Township. Council Rock schools, Pennsbury access, and I-95 corridor convenience make it a core Lower Bucks relocation target.
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Municipality identity
What we know about Newtown Borough.
Newtown Borough is a walkable historic downtown surrounded by Newtown Township. Council Rock schools, Pennsbury access, and I-95 corridor convenience make it a core Lower Bucks relocation target. Identity facts below are labeled so you know what is curated reference data versus what still needs official verification.
Municipality type Borough official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Lower Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 18940 curated
Population 2,248 curated
Land area 0.8 sq mi curated
Established 1838 curated
Reference coordinates 40.2283, -74.9322 curated
Housing corridor
Lower Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18940
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
2,248
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1838
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.2283, -74.9322
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Newtown Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Newtown Borough from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024).
These are survey estimates with margins of error — context for a decision, not a current listing price.
Curated municipality-to-district mapping — still verify at the property address; some townships span district boundaries.
Council Rock School District schools — the district roster from the
federal NCES directory. Assignment within the district is set by the exact address, not the town.
Three bills. Three offices. County-published millage.
Bucks County property owners receive separate county, municipal, and school district tax bills. The rates below
are transcribed from the county's official millage sheet and apply to a property's county assessed value —
a fraction of market value — not its sale price.
County millage (2026)29.65 mills
official
Newtown Borough millage (2026)25.25 mills
official
Council Rock SD millage (2025–2026)144.8978 mills official
Combined total199.7978 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Newtown Borough (25.25 mills)
Council Rock SD (144.8978 mills)
Estimated annual total
Estimate only: assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000 per layer, before the homestead exclusion or
any interim adjustments. The county bill is what the offices say it is, not what a website computes.
The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
Buyer framing (curated): I-95 and SEPTA corridors reward commuters. Bensalem, Falls, Newtown, and Yardley each carry different tax and school profiles — entry value with real tradeoffs.
Assessment, deed, parcel, and municipal contact checks belong in every serious housing decision. These links route to official or curated public-source hubs — not secondary aggregators.
Production housing intelligence means honest gaps — not filler. These items still need official source input or licensed data before they can be published as facts.
Decision signals
What matters before you act in Newtown Borough.
01
official
Tax layers
County + municipal + school
Every Bucks County property has three separate tax bills. Millage rates are not published on this profile — verify with the Board of Assessment and municipal tax office.
02
curated
School district
Council Rock SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
Lower Bucks
The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
04
curated
Municipality overview
Curated
Overview drawn from curated municipal reference data — not a market valuation.
County context
How Newtown Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $783,400, the median home in Newtown Borough runs 75.9% above the $445,250 county
median — 3rd highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income runs 46.7% above the county at $166,429. Owner-occupancy sits at 73.2%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 30 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Newtown Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$783,400
$445,250
3rd of 54 +75.9%
Median household income
$166,429
$113,475
7th of 54 +46.7%
Median gross rent
$1,887
$1,575
15th of 52 +19.8%
Owner-occupied share
73.2%
80.7%
35th of 54 -9.3%
Mean commute
30 min
28.9 min
23rd of 54 +3.8%
Median age
48.3
44.1
17th of 54 +9.6%
Population density
2,810 / sq mi
—
0.8 sq mi total
Ranks and county medians are computed across all Bucks County municipalities reporting each measure in the
American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Rank 1 is the highest value, not the "best" —
a high median home value and a long commute are both rank 1 at the top of their columns.
Similar towns
If Newtown Borough fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Newtown Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
The park entrance sits just across Newtown Creek from the borough.
Roads
PA 413 / PA 332
Durham Road and the Newtown Bypass connect the borough to I-295 and the rest of the county.
Newtown Borough packs the county-seat lifestyle into half a square mile: a working State Street
with restaurants and a movie theater, sidewalks that actually go somewhere, and Tyler State
Park’s 1,700 acres beginning just across the creek. It is the rare Lower Bucks address where a
car can sit untouched all weekend.
The trade-off is the commute — no rail station in the borough, so train riders drive to the West
Trenton Line and everyone else takes the bypass to I-295. Buyers here are usually paying for the
walk-to-dinner life and the park, and accepting a drive to everything else.
Last verified July 23, 2026. Sources: DCNR — Tyler State Park · SEPTA schedules
. Hours, schedules, and access rules change — confirm with the operator before you plan around them.
Official verification
Confirm facts at the property line.
A Newtown Borough address is presumed to sit in Council Rock SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $783,400 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Newtown Borough homes can carry very different bills.
Newtown Borough is served by Council Rock SD. School assignment in Bucks County is address-level — some townships span attendance boundaries — so always confirm the assigned school for a specific property with the district before making an offer.
What is the median home value in Newtown Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Newtown Borough is about $783K, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, table B25077). ACS figures are survey estimates with a margin of error, not current listing prices — use them for context, not pricing.
Who lives in Newtown Borough?
Newtown Borough has a median household income of about $166K, a median age of 48.3, 73.2% owner-occupied households, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024). See the market snapshot on this page for the full census-cited profile.
What are property taxes like in Newtown Borough?
Newtown Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 199.7978 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Newtown Borough 25.25 mills, and Council Rock SD 144.8978 mills. Mills apply to the assessed value — a fraction of market value — so estimate a bill as assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000, and verify rates with the Board of Assessment before closing.
What is the average commute from Newtown Borough?
Workers living in Newtown Borough average about 30 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Newtown Borough sits in the Lower Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Newtown Borough in?
Newtown Borough is a borough in the Lower Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18940). The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
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