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%

Plain Township$1,330/mo

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

Boardman Township$1,320/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

9Plain Township

11Boardman Township

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

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

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Plain 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

Plain TownshipBoardman Township

Snow a year47″68″

January low20°F 19°F

July high84°F 83°F

Growing season (days)184d 167d

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

Outdoors & history

Plain TownshipBoardman Township

Trails11 mi 31 mi

Conserved land5.1%12.5%

Settled—1806

National Register places1 5

Archive photos—2

Community

Plain TownshipBoardman Township

Library hours a week47 hrs 61 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.

Plain TownshipStark County Boardman TownshipMahoning County

Plain Township ↔ Boardman 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

Plain TownshipBoardman Township

People

Population 53,423Highest 39,870Lowest

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

Median age 43.7±1.2Highest 10% above OH 43±1.3Lowest 8% 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 19.3%±1.6Lowest OH: 22% 20.3%±1.7Highest 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+ 23.3%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3% 22.6%±1.5Lowest 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+ 37.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 35.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.7%±0.7Highest OH: 5.6% 4.6%±0.8Lowest 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 $74,848±$3kHighest 5% above OH $66,619±$4kLowest 7% below OH

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.8%±6.4Lowest OH: 45.9% 39.7%±7Highest 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 5.9%Lowest OH: 13.3% 13.5%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 12.5%Lowest 22.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Lowest 12.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 10.8 miLowest 31.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 24Highest 19Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district North Canton City · Plain LocalYoungstown City · Boardman Local

High school in town GlenOak High SchoolBoardman High School

Students per teacherat that high school 22.6Highest 14.4Lowest

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.

Plain Township vs Boardman 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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