| 1998 Property Tax Rates: Newton County | 1998 Summary Statistics | Gross Rate | State Property Tax Replacement (%) | Net Rate | ||||
| Highest | 12.2840 | 0.1594 | 10.3959 | |||||
| Lowest | 8.7763 | 0.1321 | 7.4823 | |||||
| Mean | 9.75 | 0.1454 | 8.33 | |||||
| Median | 9.38 | 0.1464 | 8.10 | |||||
| County Name | Districts | District Name | Gross Rate | Rank | State Property Tax Replacement (%) | Rank | Net Rate | Rank |
| Newton | 1 | Beaver Township | 9.2145 | 581 | 0.1490 | 678 | 7.8412 | 606 |
| Newton | 2 | Morocco (Beaver) | 10.4905 | 283 | 0.1594 | 361 | 8.8181 | 340 |
| Newton | 3 | Colfax Township | 8.7763 | 720 | 0.1474 | 735 | 7.4823 | 754 |
| Newton | 4 | Grant Township | 9.4438 | 508 | 0.1339 | 1211 | 8.1789 | 495 |
| Newton | 5 | Goodland (Grant) | 10.8906 | 237 | 0.1462 | 781 | 9.2982 | 249 |
| Newton | 6 | Iroquois Township | 9.7694 | 431 | 0.1321 | 1285 | 8.4784 | 415 |
| Newton | 7 | Brook (Iroquois) | 12.2840 | 96 | 0.1537 | 541 | 10.3959 | 106 |
| Newton | 8 | Jackson Township | 8.8150 | 704 | 0.1475 | 732 | 7.5149 | 733 |
| Newton | 9 | Mt Ayr (Jackson) | 10.2167 | 340 | 0.1584 | 394 | 8.5987 | 389 |
| Newton | 10 | Jefferson Township | 9.3355 | 540 | 0.1348 | 1176 | 8.0770 | 531 |
| Newton | 11 | Kentland (Jefferson) | 10.5377 | 272 | 0.1430 | 884 | 9.0309 | 299 |
| Newton | 12 | Lake Township | 9.2458 | 572 | 0.1464 | 772 | 7.8922 | 584 |
| Newton | 13 | Lincoln Township | 8.9848 | 657 | 0.1456 | 807 | 7.6766 | 673 |
| Newton | 14 | Mcclellan Township | 8.8606 | 684 | 0.1483 | 704 | 7.5468 | 720 |
| Newton | 15 | Washington Township | 9.3761 | 530 | 0.1358 | 1132 | 8.1026 | 524 |
| Rank = Rank among 1,921 taxing districts in the state | ||||||||
| Data source: State Board of Tax Commissioners | ||||||||