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%

Youngstown$460/mo

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

Boardman Township$1,320/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

5Youngstown

16Boardman Township

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

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

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

Where they are

Youngstown and Boardman Township share a border

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

YoungstownBoardman Township

Youngstown ↔ Boardman Township5.4 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

YoungstownBoardman Township

Snow a year68″68″

January low19°F 19°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)167d 167d

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

Outdoors & history

YoungstownBoardman Township

Trails39 mi 31 mi

Conserved land5.5%12.5%

Settled1796 1806

National Register places51 5

Archive photos17 2

Famous people born here36 —

Community

YoungstownBoardman Township

Library hours a week61 hrs 61 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

YoungstownBoardman Township

People

Population 59,331Highest 39,870Lowest

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

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±1.2Highest OH: 22% 20.3%±1.7Lowest 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+ 18.2%±1Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.6%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3%

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

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

Cost of living

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

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $728±$24Lowest 30% below OH $794±$48Highest 23% 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 $811Lowest 71% below OH $2,628Highest 7% below OH

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 7.2%±1.4Lowest OH: 13% 10.5%±2Highest 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 21.4%Lowest 22.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 13% work in Boardman Township15% work in Youngstown

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.5%Lowest 12.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 39.4 miHighest 31.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 51Highest 19Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Youngstown Community School · Summit Academy-YoungstownYoungstown City · Boardman Local

High school in town East High SchoolBoardman High School

Students per teacherat that high school 22.7Highest 14.4Lowest

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.

Youngstown vs Boardman Township

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

Youngstown and Boardman Township share a border

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