A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Boardman Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.53% · or rent about $794/mo · Housing →

Plain Township$1,330/mo

Typical home $211K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $980/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Boardman Township places higher on 11 of 21 OH lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Ohio ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−Boardman TownshipSafer than 19% of U.S. towns –Plain TownshipNot graded

Schools

A−Boardman TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state A−Plain TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

BBoardman TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns B−Plain TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

11Boardman Township

9Plain Township

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #915#235 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #176#576 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #255#612 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #56#315 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #293#598 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #107#381 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #665#415 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #445#227

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Boardman Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Boardman TownshipPlain Township

Snow a year68″47″

January low19°F 20°F

July high83°F 84°F

Growing season (days)167d 184d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 20th

Outdoors & history

Boardman TownshipPlain Township

Trails31 mi 11 mi

Conserved land12.5%5.1%

National Register places5 1

Archive photos2 —

Community

Boardman TownshipPlain Township

Library hours a week61 hrs 47 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

38 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Boardman TownshipMahoning County Plain TownshipStark County

Boardman Township ↔ Plain Township38 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

Boardman TownshipPlain Township

People

Population 39,870Lowest 53,423Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Lowest OH: +2.3% +1.8%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43±1.3Lowest 8% above OH 43.7±1.2Highest 10% above OH

Plain Township and Boardman Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20.3%±1.7Highest OH: 22% 19.3%±1.6Lowest OH: 22%

Boardman Township and Plain Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 22.6%±1.5Lowest OH: 18.3% 23.3%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Plain Township and Boardman Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Lowest OH: 31.5% 37.2%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 5.7%±0.7Highest OH: 5.6%

Plain Township and Boardman Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,619±$4kLowest 7% below OH $74,848±$3kHighest 5% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,100±$5kLowest 20% below OH $210,600±$7kHighest about the OH average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $794±$48Lowest 23% below OH $980±$31Highest 5% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,628Lowest 7% below OH $2,764Highest about the OH average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.7%±7Highest OH: 45.9% 37.8%±6.4Lowest OH: 45.9%

Boardman Township and Plain Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest OH: 13.3% 5.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 73.6%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 2 yrs older than OH 1972Highest 2 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 4% below OH 21 minLowest 9% below OH

Work from home 10.5%±2Lowest OH: 13% 15.8%±1.9Highest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 22.9%Highest 12.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 0.73Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Youngstown (15%)Canton (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Plain TownshipFew work in Boardman Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.5%Highest 5.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.4 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Lowest 24Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.6Lowest 64.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #231 of 624 in OH #187 of 624 in OH

School district Youngstown City · Boardman LocalNorth Canton City · Plain Local

High school in town Boardman High SchoolGlenOak High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 22.6Highest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Boardman Township vs Plain Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Boardman Township places higher on 11 of 21 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

38 miles apart

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