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About Ashtabula
City in Ohio, USAshtabula ( ASH-tə-BYU-lə) is the most populous city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on to Lake Erie, 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Cleveland. The city had 17,975 people at the 2020 census. Like many other cities in the Rust Belt, it has lost population because of a decline in industrial jobs since the 1960s. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. In the middle of the 19th century, the city was an important destination on the Underground Railroad as refugee slaves took ships across Lake Erie to Canada. In the late 19th century, the city became a major coal port on Lake Erie. Coal and iron were shipped here, the latter from the Me…
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Housing in Ashtabula
The typical Ashtabula home is worth about $159,000, up 6.7% in a year, 36% below the Ohio typical home.
Health in Ashtabula
Health Grade D−
Healthier than 2% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Ohio
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 12 are too close to call.
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Schools in Ashtabula
All Ashtabula schools →School Grade C
The public schools Ashtabula’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 67% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OH. Ratings are from neighbors.
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