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 →

Youngstown$460/mo

Typical home $74K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $728/mo · Housing →

The difference: $860 a month, about $10,300 a year, between Boardman Township and Youngstown.

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 16 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 –YoungstownNot graded

Schools

A−Boardman TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state C−YoungstownBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

BBoardman TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns D−YoungstownHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

16Boardman Township

5Youngstown

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

Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #229#1029 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #245#1035 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #247#1036 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #293#1025 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #329#1039 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #231#621 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 221 towns #72#208 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #255#778

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

Where they are

Boardman Township and Youngstown share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Boardman TownshipYoungstown

Boardman Township ↔ Youngstown5.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

2,580 Youngstown residents work in Boardman Township (13.4% of its workers)

2,538 Boardman Township residents work in Youngstown (14.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Youngstown →

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 TownshipYoungstown

Snow a year68″68″

January low19°F 19°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)167d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 7th

Outdoors & history

Boardman TownshipYoungstown

Trails31 mi 39 mi

Conserved land12.5%5.5%

Settled—1796

National Register places5 51

Archive photos2 17

Famous people born here—36

Community

Boardman TownshipYoungstown

Library hours a week61 hrs 61 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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.

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 TownshipYoungstown

People

Population 39,870Lowest 59,331Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Highest OH: +2.3% -10.3%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43±1.3Highest 8% above OH 37.5±1.2Lowest 6% below OH

Kids under 18 20.3%±1.7Lowest OH: 22% 22.9%±1.2Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 22.6%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3% 18.2%±1Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Highest OH: 31.5% 15.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 6.2%±0.6Highest OH: 5.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,619±$4kHighest 7% below OH $34,408±$2kLowest 52% below OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,100±$5kHighest 20% below OH $63,300±$4kLowest 71% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $794±$48Highest 23% below OH $728±$24Lowest 30% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,628Highest 7% below OH $811Lowest 71% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.7%±7Lowest OH: 45.9% 57.1%±4.2Highest OH: 45.9%

Below poverty line 13.5%Lowest OH: 13.3% 37.3%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.7%Highest OH: 67.2% 56.2%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 2 yrs older than OH 1950Lowest 20 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 4% below OH 20 minLowest 13% below OH

Work from home 10.5%±2Highest OH: 13% 7.2%±1.4Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 22.9%Highest 21.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 1.31Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Youngstown (15%)Boardman Township (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 15% work in Youngstown13% work in Boardman Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.5%Highest 5.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.4 miLowest 39.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 1.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Lowest 51Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.6Lowest 77.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #231 of 624 in OH #621 of 624 in OH

School district Youngstown City · Boardman LocalYoungstown Community School · Summit Academy-Youngstown

High school in town Boardman High SchoolEast High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 22.7Highest

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

Deciding?

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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 Youngstown

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $860 more a month in Boardman Township

Boardman Township places higher on 16 of 21 OH lists

Boardman Township and Youngstown share a border

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